The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a countdown underway. My boys announce it each morning as they bound down the stairs to leave for school. “Seven more days of school, Mom!” […]

 By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I got a rejection letter for a book manuscript. It hurt. It wasn’t the first one and won’t be the last, but it still hurt. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Now that our oldest son has officially hit double-digits in age, he’s thinking of his future – his driving future. His 16th birthday is still six […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The snake sighting in our yard had been haunting me. Every time I stepped outside, I scanned for signs of it – the way wary beach […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few years ago, a friend told me I absolutely had to get a DVR, which is short for “digital video recorder”. Some people call it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a toddler in the house – a four-legged, floppy-eared toddler. And he’s making me crazy. How is it possible that I could love the little […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For the past month or so, I’ve been waiting for Mother Nature’s punch line. Because the unusually mild winter and the spring-like temperatures in February and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got a lesson in bravery today from a 5-year-old. Our preschooler, Kate, knew she’d need kindergarten immunizations before she could move into the elementary school […]