The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Chocolate chip cookies, the Slinky, Play-Doh, Post-It notes, and potato chips. The one thing they all have in common is this: They’re losers. Big fat mistakes. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a bird chirping outside my office window today, announcing the start of spring. I’ve gone to the window to see if I can spot her […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I knew it was a Monday when Tom woke me up with two words: “We overslept.” We sprang out of bed and flew around the house, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Surprised. That’s how I look in my new driver’s license picture. I laughed when the woman at the DMV handed me the new card because that […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As I mentioned last week, Tom and I recently drove our three kids 18 hours to the happiest place on Earth where we spent four days […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Eighteen hours. That’s how long it took to drive to the happiest place on Earth. Do you know how much you have to love your kids […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Future Daughters-in-law and Son-in-law, Even though right now you’re just kids and we haven’t even met, I think about you. Sometimes it happens when I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband Tom once accused me of being unromantic. As much as I hate to admit it, I think he might be right. It’s ironic, too, […]