The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Kids, You asked me the other day what I thought of the stuff we see on the news about the presidential race. As someone who […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Wednesday will be a good day. Because by early afternoon, the kitchen and bathroom counters will be clean, the floors shiny and there’ll be fresh vacuum […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My kids’ education just went up in smoke – again. Friday was their last day in school, so this weekend we held the annual End-of-School Bonfire. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 After you become part of a couple or get married, “you” become a “we,” and “we” is a powerful pronoun. Couples begin many of their sentences […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For months now, 14-year-old Adam has been asking: “How about now?” And I’ve been saying, “No, absolutely not. You’re still a kid.” He kept on asking, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I slid the wrapper off the straw, blew air through it and stabbed it through the plastic lid of my Chick-fil-A tea. Eleven-year-old Jack questioned the […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We women have an obligation to the young men in our lives. We must teach them how to keep their manly feet out of their big […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Eighteen years ago, I got a call from my best friend, Jennifer. I was sitting at my desk in the newsroom, surrounded by the chatter of […]