Essays about life by Motherlode Mama Gwen
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It has been almost a year since Percy, the Persistent Stray Cat, insisted that we rescue her from her skinny existence in the woods. After 12 […]
Dear Mother Nature, Clearly, something is bothering you. Why don’t we just talk about it? Keeping your feelings bottled up like this isn’t healthy, you know, and when you get steamed, the rest of us […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I fight this fight over and over again. In one corner sits my constant companion – worry. In the other corner, there is faith. When the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It was a sad, dark day. I was sitting next to my 7-year-old son Jack when it happened. He was happily playing air hockey on my […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom and I realized a long time ago that our kids, ages 9, 7 and 4, wouldn’t be able to watch much television past 7 p.m. […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday we stopped at a country gas station cafe on our way home from a weekend at the lake. We slid into a booth and waited […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I caught him again last night. It was after 10 p.m. and the hallway was dark. His door was closed, which raised suspicion. My 9-year-old son […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 At some point, almost everyone has to go through all the stuff they acquired during childhood. Some people do it before they leave for college. Some […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As reported in an earlier column, we had to say goodbye to one of our dogs recently who was so ill that we made the tough […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I pulled up to the computer keyboard today feeling refreshed after a relaxing Mother’s Day weekend. This year I received – in order of importance – […]
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