The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 All this talk of government shut-down has got me thinking. Can a mom declare a household shut-down? And if so, what would that look like? More […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s an ongoing conversation in our house about what we’re going to be when we grow up. Our three kids regularly revisit and revise their career […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A friend recently passed along an online article by author Meagan Francis, who wrote a great book called “The Happiest Mom.” I love how this writer […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last weekend I only had one little chore on my “to do” list. It said, “Clean a cabinet.” I’ve been systematically working my way through each […]

Dear Miley Cyrus, Oh, honey. I’m not even sure what to say. Like the millions of people who’ve seen the video of your performance at the Music Video Awards show, I’m still a little stunned. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For the past few weeks, I’ve been ping-ponging between two internal monologues. The first one goes like this: “Oh, I love the summer and how the […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Alaina, Christy, Jennifer and I grew up together in a small southern Arkansas town. We survived puberty and junior high school together. We cruised around in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most men don’t fully understand this, but sometimes a woman walks into a room in her house and knows, with certainty, that something has GOT to […]