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    Articles by Sarah Smiley
    The world if schools were designed for introverts
    The world if schools were designed for introverts
    By Sarah Smiley • February 26, 2015 4:24 pm

    If you are an introvert and you went to school, you know that our education system is not designed around you. Indeed, much of the world is not designed for you.

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    When I was cool I didn’t ask for directions
    When I was cool I didn’t ask for...
    By Sarah Smiley • February 24, 2015 10:00 am

    I am not going to say this is a male trait, because between me and my husband, I am the one who doesn’t like to ask for directions. Maybe it is an introverted thing. I’d rather wander aimlessly through the hardware store aisles than ask for help, because then I might have to make conversation. Worse, I might get an overly helpful employee who wants to hand-deliver me to the correct place. Both instances strike fear and awkwardness in my heart.

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    Why we chose small town life
    Why we chose small town life
    By Sarah Smiley • February 12, 2015 3:49 pm

    Prior to 2008, we had always lived in a metropolitan area. By “metropolitan area,” I mean somewhere with a Cheesecake Factory within driving distance.

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    Why we chose small town life
    Why we chose small town life
    By Sarah Smiley • February 12, 2015 3:48 pm

    Prior to 2008, we had always lived in a metropolitan area. By “metropolitan area,” I mean somewhere with a Cheesecake Factory within driving distance.

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    Diary of a Snow Day: Crazy grocery shoppers and bored children
    Diary of a Snow Day: Crazy grocery shoppers...
    By Sarah Smiley • February 5, 2015 3:40 pm

    2 p.m. pre-storm: The school department cancels school 18 hours before the first bell would ring. This almost never happens. The kids haven’t even had a chance to go to bed with their pajamas on inside out. It’s like someone has spilled the beans about a surprise birthday party.

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    My husband doesn’t let anyone win … including me
    My husband doesn’t let anyone win … including...
    By Sarah Smiley • January 29, 2015 2:08 pm

    My husband, Dustin, is one of the most competitive people I know. We’ve known each other since I was first born, but I only really came to understand Dustin’s competitive nature when we were newlyweds. We were living in a small, one-bedroom apartment, and because we did not have children yet, we spent our evenings doing whatever we wanted.

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    Sarah Smiley: In Praise of Knitting
    Sarah Smiley: In Praise of Knitting
    By Sarah Smiley • January 22, 2015 3:30 pm

    A year ago I was struggling with a major episode of anxiety and depression. I’ve dealt with both my whole my life, and I’ve used various things, some healthier than others, to cope. Last year, however, when my despair seemingly came out of nowhere, I felt like I had drained all my coping skills. What could I possibly do to help this time?

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    Navy Wise: Santa didn’t get insurance on the iPhone
    Navy Wise: Santa didn’t get insurance on the...
    By Sarah Smiley • January 15, 2015 4:21 pm

    I’ll begin at the end: By the time the boys returned to school after the holiday break, Dustin told them, “If your teachers ask you to draw what you did over vacation, draw a silver bowl and tell them, ‘Take from this what you will’.”

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    Will dad ever hear anything the kids say?
    Will dad ever hear anything the kids say?
    By Sarah Smiley • January 8, 2015 2:45 pm

    Sarah Smiley: Navy Wise: We didn’t need science to assure most of us that when compared to females, some men respond differently to interruptions from their children.

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    Things I learned at my 20th high school reunion
    Things I learned at my 20th high school...
    By Sarah Smiley • December 17, 2014 6:44 pm

    1. Men really do age.
    Flip through any family photo album in our house, and I’m willing to bet money you’d find my husband, Dustin, looking exactly the same: khaki pants, striped shirt, same haircut, unintentional 5 o’clock shadow. He does not change.

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    Why I can’t tell my son the truth about Sandy Hook
    Why I can’t tell my son the truth...
    By Sarah Smiley • December 12, 2014 12:00 pm

    My youngest son, Lindell, doesn’t know what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary school on Dec. 14, 2012. He had just started kindergarten and was nearly the age of the victims, so I shielded him from the news. Call it maternal editing. Call it over-protection. But even I couldn’t wrap my head around what had happened, how would he?

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    A missing ring. A missing bird. A man to reunite them all
    A missing ring. A missing bird. A man...
    By Sarah Smiley • November 24, 2014 5:31 pm

    Nothing restores our faith in humanity like a story about people helping people

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    Navy Wise: That old 1-2-3 punch of Old Man Winter returns
    Navy Wise: That old 1-2-3 punch of Old...
    By Sarah Smiley • November 19, 2014 5:28 pm

    This time two weeks ago, Old Man Winter made an unexpected arrival and pummeled much of Maine with a foot of snow. In his wake: downed power lines, crippled trees and heaters that came to an abrupt stop.

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    Ebola response eroding military-civilian trust
    Ebola response eroding military-civilian trust
    By Sarah Smiley • November 5, 2014 6:55 pm

    In contrast with civilian measures, the Department of Defense is requiring that its men and women returning from West Africa be quarantined for 21 days before returning home.

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    Halloween: It’s for the (older) kids
    Halloween: It’s for the (older) kids
    By Sarah Smiley • October 28, 2014 3:01 pm

    You see, I thought that Halloween was about little kids

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    The Military: Sacrificing Personal Freedoms for You
    The Military: Sacrificing Personal Freedoms for You
    By Sarah Smiley • October 22, 2014 4:44 pm

    Gives the Navy’s “a global force for good” a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?

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    Tearing up the carpet and finding surprises beneath
    Tearing up the carpet and finding surprises beneath
    By Sarah Smiley • October 15, 2014 5:17 pm

    This picking-up-and-moving does have its advantages though.

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    The hardest part about living with all boys
    The hardest part about living with all boys
    By Sarah Smiley • October 7, 2014 5:54 pm

    Fifteen years and three sons later, I am completely out-numbered, and, frankly, fighting a losing battle. Even the dog is a boy.

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    At home or away… the grass isn’t greener
    At home or away… the grass isn’t greener
    By Sarah Smiley • October 6, 2014 3:03 pm

    I’m making a list of things I’d like you to do around the house while I’m gone.

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    Dustin hosts dinner on his own
    Dustin hosts dinner on his own
    By Sarah Smiley • September 29, 2014 6:31 pm

    In 2012, my three sons and I hosted 52 weekly dinners to fill Dustin’s empty seat at the dinner table while he was on a yearlong deployment. In 2013, our story came out as the book “Dinner with the Smileys” (SITE: www.dinnerwiththesmileys.com). Last week, it was released in paperback.

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