The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I slipped on a jacket I hadn’t worn in a long time. I walked outside and shivered when I felt how cold the wind was, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband Tom and I are a few days away from celebrating another wedding anniversary. We’re up to 12 years now, which is strange because it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 People assume parents of a newborn baby have sleeping problems. Then babies get older and everybody starts sleeping again – in theory. But sleeping issues don’t […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I know it’s not nice to brag, but I can’t help it. Three months ago, as reported in this column, I brought home a scrawny stray […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I’m embroiled in a dramatic love-hate relationship – with my computer. An hour ago, I was feeling a strong urge to open the second-story window […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It started out like any normal Tuesday. I was running late for a dentist appointment. Three-year-old Kate didn’t want to go to her Mother’s Day Out […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When 6-year-old Jack told me he wanted to sign up for soccer this fall, I knew there’d be trouble. Not for Jack, though. He’s one of […]

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