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Sarah Smiley: Have our kids learned meanness from us?
“I’m glad he’s dead.” “Good riddance.” “What a worthless human being; I’m glad he’s gone.”
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Sarah Smiley: Grandmother Doris’ lesson: ‘God is love’
To understand my grandmother, Doris, you had to know how Southern she was. Born in 1920, she spent…
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As debate over women and the draft heats up, here’s your primer
The debate over whether women should also be required to register for Selective Service gained momentum last week.…
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Sarah Smiley: Mixed feelings about online grocery shopping
I am at a crucial point in my life, a moment when I know, with absolute clarity, that…
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Sarah Smiley: That time I ordered the wrong pizza
I’ve been truly afraid a few times in my life: when I bungee jumped from a perfectly good…
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Sarah Smiley: Are kids too busy for homework?
Have you heard about the “new” movement against assigning homework to children? I use the term “new” loosely…
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Sarah Smiley: Meeting the Amish on their turf
This fall, I wrote about serendipitously meeting a group of Amish women at our local office supply store.…
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Why we still love snow
Until I moved to Maine in 2008, when I was 31-years old, I had never seen more than…
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Citizens’ Police Academy educates, inspires
A few weeks ago, I went to jail. A few weeks after that, I graduated from the Police…
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Sarah Smiley: Star Wars Episode VII heralds new phase
My house does not have Barbies, nor does it have a doll house or little plastic ponies. For…
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Sarah Smiley: The draft for women just became more likely
On Dec. 3, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that the Pentagon will open all military combat roles…
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Sarah Smiley: On being grateful for the ordinary
Our family's road trip to Virginia began the way these things normally do: We planned to be on…
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Sarah Smiley: In defense of not-so-smooth husbands
This weekend I danced in the local Dancing for the Stars charity event. My husband, who was in…
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Sarah Smiley: Week three of Lindell’s dramatic loose-tooth watch
There are two types of kids: those who eagerly rip out each loose tooth, even before its time,…
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Sarah Smiley: Risky carrier landings and the hidden stories of veterans
Lindell joined the Navy in 1971. No, not my son Lindell, but my dad, also named Lindell, which…
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Sarah Smiley: The Drop Off Zone (Plus, flip-flops with socks)
Imagine, if you will, a mother driving her teenage son to school. The mother is wearing Velcro rollers…
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Sarah Smiley: Questions answered about women and the draft
Last week's column about women and the draft, and specifically readers' responses to it, raised many questions. I…
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Sarah Smiley: The Draft: Don’t worry, your daughters are still safe
If the words “Selective Service System” don’t ring a bell for you, it might be because you’re female.…
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Sarah Smiley: Basement as a time capsule of memories
We have never lived anywhere long enough to need to do a deep clean. And when I say…
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Sarah Smiley: The mistakes of motherhood are inevitable
Last month, Cherish Peterson, 27, left her 2-month-old son in a shopping cart outside an Arizona grocery store.…