The Rockwood Files

The Fourth of July is so close you could practically throw a bottle rocket from here and hit it. I know this because my kids have asked no less than a hundred times if we […]

Have I mentioned that one of the best places to talk to your kids is in the car? It is. Maybe it’s because they’re strapped in and they can’t run off to play. Maybe it’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m beginning to question that old saying about how we all “put our pants on one leg at a time.” Because lately, I’m noticing plenty of […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “Lo, the time had come and we hastened to the mall to seek out the most worthy swimsuit, for summer was upon us. We sought refuge […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night I did it again. Under cover of darkness, unbeknownst to my sleeping husband next to me, I spent a few hours with a stranger […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Lately the mailbox is making me feel old. In addition to those annoying bills it’s always full of, now there’s a new smack in the face […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I saw a little girl in Target have a meltdown while her mother and grandmother tried desperately to talk her out of it. I felt […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 On May 4, 2013 I went to the Prom – but not the kind with all the awkward teenage drama. This one was a “Mom Prom,” […]