The Rockwood Files

 By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today was huge. Today I went to the Amazon website and typed in my name. And there it was – the book that has consumed the […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night we heard the familiar sound of footsteps on the stairs well past bedtime. From the living room, I heard Tom talking in the kitchen […]

 By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 By now, I expected to feel like a grown-up. And sometimes I do, like when we sign tax returns or go to a funeral, which is […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Women are known for our ability to form deep and meaningful relationships. And perhaps no relationship is as complex and multi-layered as the one we have […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Well, I hope you’re happy, Mom. That mama curse you put on me so long ago is now working overtime and I am, indeed, “paying for […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Here’s an ugly secret mothers try to deny, even to ourselves: Sometimes we buy our daughters a few extra things we probably shouldn’t. Is it because […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Hewlett Packard Pavilion M6000, lovingly known as “Hippy,” died on a local writer’s desk on September 7, 2012. She was almost 5 years old. After weeks […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For years I’ve said that the main reason I became a writer is because it’s my only marketable skill. Lucky for me, I’m nerdy enough to […]