The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Imagine if wedding vows sounded more like this: “I, prospective bride, do take you, chosen spouse, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When my parents retired and moved to our town a few weeks ago, the plan was to move them into a new condo being built just […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes the best thing you can do for your work is get away from it. I know this because I’m back from a week’s vacation which […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are only two types of people – people who like to dance and people who would rather have their eyebrows removed with a rotary sander. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m keeping a dirty little secret from the kids. Sometimes when I’m checking over their homework, I pretend to go to the bathroom or go check […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I was expecting to be sad when I closed the door on my old room. Just as I anticipated, memories flashed through my mind as I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When my kids first started school, I hoped that one day they’d learn a second language, and now they have. But they didn’t learn it in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got a phone call a few weeks ago when 4-year-old Kate was at a gymnastics day camp. The teacher told me there’d been an accident […]