The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday 6-year-old Jack and 3-year-old Kate found me standing at the bathroom mirror hurriedly putting on my make-up. I was rushing to get ready and get […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When you’re a mother of three with a little experience under your belt, you should really know better. But last night I made a classic rookie […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When it comes to road trips, there are two types of travelers. The first is a laid-back wanderer who’s more than happy to make multiple stops […]

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 […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today is a perfect summer day. The kids crawled into bed with me around 8 a.m. and we lounged around reveling in our collective laziness until […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When we left last weekend for our little cabin in the woods, we had five family members in the minivan. When we returned, there were six. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Maybe it’s because I was once a geeky English major, but I get irked when words don’t do a good job of telling it like it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As parents, we often find ourselves answering big questions at the most unusual times. It happened to me last week on the drive back from the […]