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    Articles by Sarah Smiley
    A boy’s familiar voice emerges from the past
    A boy’s familiar voice emerges from the past
    By Sarah Smiley • September 22, 2014 11:21 am

    Lindell and I were driving to and from errands, me lost in my thoughts about the day, and Lindell playing with my phone in the backseat. The car streamed music over Bluetooth, but because Lindell had the phone and it was on shuffle, I had no control over which tracks would come on next. The smartphone was shuffling through all 300-something songs in my library, many of them I hadn’t heard in years.

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    When a parent finally lets go of the bicycle
    When a parent finally lets go of the...
    By Sarah Smiley • August 27, 2014 6:23 pm

    The second biggest secret parents keep from their children is this: training wheels in no way truly prepare you for riding a bike alone. They just don’t.

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    How Dustin helped me get through the blues
    How Dustin helped me get through the blues
    By Sarah Smiley • August 20, 2014 4:40 pm

    A bout with depression was eased by help from husband, Dustin.

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    “8th and I” is an unforgettable experience
    “8th and I” is an unforgettable experience
    By Sarah Smiley • August 16, 2014 7:00 pm

    Columnist Sarah Smiley shares her experience of attending the Commandant of the Marine Corps General Amos’s house to welcome the First Sea Lord, Sir George Zambellas, from the UK and to watch an evening parade at “8th and I,” the “Oldest Post of the Corps.”

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    Answering readers’ burning questions
    Answering readers’ burning questions
    By Sarah Smiley • July 12, 2014 3:00 pm

    Columnist Sarah Smiley answers reader questions about her column, life and boys.

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    A letter to my future daughters-in-law
    A letter to my future daughters-in-law
    By Sarah Smiley • July 2, 2014 7:31 pm

    Columnist Sarah Smiley shares a letter to her future daughters-in-law.

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    Phone use at restaurant is a real wake up call
    Phone use at restaurant is a real wake...
    By Sarah Smiley • June 26, 2014 3:28 pm

    So I pulled out my own phone (yes, my phone) and sent this text to Ford, the only other person at our table with a phone

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    As part of Lindell Smiley’s experiences on the farm he was able to help feed calves from a bottle. The Foglers’ Farm in Maine was one of the places he wanted to visit.
    Dinner on the farm powered by cow manure
    By Sarah Smiley • June 20, 2014 7:24 pm

    Lindell, 7, has always wanted to be a farmer, except for when he’s wanted to be an astronaut, a mailman and a dog. But Lindell doesn’t want to be just any farmer. He’s not that interested in growing plants or vegetables. He’s more into the animals and the manure.

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    Wait, baseball is dying?
    Wait, baseball is dying?
    By Sarah Smiley • June 10, 2014 7:11 pm

    According to the National Sporting Goods Association, from 2000-2009 the number of 7-17-year-old kids playing baseball dropped 24 percent.

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    In case you still believe kids can’t handle competition
    In case you still believe kids can’t handle...
    By Sarah Smiley • June 4, 2014 6:58 pm

    Sarah Smiley shares lessons learned from her sons about competition

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    Depression doesn’t play favorites, but insurers do
    Depression doesn’t play favorites, but insurers do
    By Sarah Smiley • May 2, 2014 2:26 pm

    When I wrote about depression three months ago, I was still, for the most part, in the throes of it.

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    Parenting: It doesn’t get easier
    Parenting: It doesn’t get easier
    By Sarah Smiley • April 25, 2014 12:38 pm

    Here’s weekly advice from Navy mom Sarah Smiley who writes about balancing her life with her kids and her husband’s

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    Oldest son shows who he is becoming
    Oldest son shows who he is becoming
    By Sarah Smiley • April 10, 2014 12:19 pm

    “I wonder if he’ll be an engineer like his dad?” I said. “He’s very systematic.”

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    In life and death, Marines and fathers are always there
    In life and death, Marines and fathers are...
    By Sarah Smiley • April 2, 2014 4:46 pm

    I wrote the following column in 2005 after my friend Marc Tace died of Muscular Dystrophy. This week marks 20 years since Marc’s dad, a Marine Colonel, died of a heart attack while serving overseas.

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    ID cards: Rite-of-passage for military brats
    ID cards: Rite-of-passage for military brats
    By Sarah Smiley • March 26, 2014 4:57 pm

    For the average kid, pre-adolescence and the teen years are marked with many rites-of-passage: facial hair, deodorant, pimples, crushes, and braces. There is the experience of wearing pants that fit yesterday but are too short today. There are awkward bus rides and annoying parents. And there is the moment you realize going to school without combing your hair only works for 5-year-olds. Military kids have all these things, plus one more: getting a military identification card.

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    A new, disturbing trend at retail stores
    A new, disturbing trend at retail stores
    By Sarah Smiley • March 20, 2014 2:35 pm

    Lately, my interactions with cashiers have become even more torturous.

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    The Navy’s 2014 Spouse Survey misses some things
    The Navy’s 2014 Spouse Survey misses some things
    By Sarah Smiley • March 13, 2014 3:46 pm

    Any top brass who’s read my column knows I’m quite outspoken about these things

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    At 94, my grandmother Doris is still fighting
    At 94, my grandmother Doris is still fighting
    By Sarah Smiley • March 7, 2014 3:07 pm

    My favorite story Doris told me was about their new phone number in Boston. Big Jack was going to law school at Harvard, and neither of them had ever really lived outside of Alabama. Big Jack spent most of his days at the library reading, and when he came home to their small apartment, it was just to get something Doris could “throw between two pieces of bread” for dinner.

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    Dustin and Sarah Smiley pose with Stephen Colbert during a State Dinner party event.
    The Smileys go to the State Dinner, Part...
    By Sarah Smiley • February 28, 2014 3:08 pm

    The invitation read, “The President and Mrs. Obama request the pleasure of the company of Ms. Smiley at a dinner.” In the weeks leading up to the White House State Dinner honoring French President Francois Hollande, this was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. After 37 years of being someone’s military “dependent,” I was finally the principal invitee and my Navy commander husband would be my date.

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    The Smiley children pose with Rep. Mike Michaud and Bo and Sunny.
    The Smileys go to the State Dinner, Part...
    By Sarah Smiley • February 19, 2014 5:33 pm

    When the first invitation came via e-mail, I thought it was a joke. I mean, how often does one get an invitation to the White House? Then the formal invitation, printed on the finest paper I’ve ever held, arrived in the mail.

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