The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I’m making good on my word. Our 4-year-old cat Percy, who was named for her persistence, is sprawled out across my desk, serving as a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Often the best conversations I have with my kids happen on the way to somewhere. I don’t remember what errand we were running when my son […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a mouse in our house. I say this, knowing some of you will assume this means the place is filthy. I assure you it is […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Every holiday has its perks. But the Fourth of July is perhaps the best one when it comes to the wild ride it offers the senses. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3   My kids did something last week that convinced me they’re not all that different than kids were several generations ago. With free time on their […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Recently we took the kids to an amusement park. While the boys and I rode the big stuff, Tom chaperoned Kate on kiddie rides because his […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One day Tom accused me of not being able to admit when I’m wrong. I told him he was probably wrong about that, but I did […]

Dear Jack, Eight years ago tonight, we met for the first time. I was the exhausted woman with the lovely epidural drip. You were the very red, very loud newborn who came roaring into the […]