The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago I went home and spent part of the weekend hanging out with my “Stuttgart girls,” named for the town in southeastern Arkansas […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It happened, as I knew it would. Last Friday I waited, like always, in the line-up of cars and mini-vans outside my boys’ elementary school. When […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I, Gwen Rockwood, do take you, brand new stationary bike, to be my lawfully wedded exercise equipment, to have to and use from this day forward. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday I took my son’s hand-held video game away from him. He hadn’t misbehaved, and he’d already finished his homework. I made up some excuse about […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The day started out great. It was the last day of summer vacation, so the kids and I slept late that morning. I didn’t wake up […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday I got up and did the same things I always do – brush my teeth, pop in my contacts, scoop a sleepy 2-year-old out of […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Seven days are all that’s left of summer break. The back-to-school countdown has begun, and I’m not sure how I feel about it. It’s bittersweet, really. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It’s way too early on Monday morning, and here I sit, slumped over my keyboard staring bleary-eyed at the computer screen. This column is due to […]