I’ve been worried about baseball season ever since Dustin left in November. Basketball season was one thing. School plays, family…
I’ve never had anyone (except maybe my mom) clean my house. Ironically, I never thought my house was clean enough…
So far, Dinner with the Smileys has been about us and what we are going through while Dustin is away…
My children leisurely eat popcorn while they watch Obi Wan Kenobi defeat Anakin Skywalker in the battle of Mustafar. They…
Ford, my 11-year-old son, wrote the first round of invitations for Dinner with the Smileys (you can read his invitation…
When Dustin is gone, I get creative with ways to count down the time. The standard way, of course, is…
I am committed to making sure this column does not become a yearlong rant about the ups and downs of…
As a military dependent for more than 35 years, I have been to many Changes of Command, most of them…
Recently, at a church dinner, I told my boys, “There will be a limit on the bread.” What I meant…
A friend recently had her first baby, a boy. As you know, I have three boys. I also grew up with…
This summer, Dustin lost his wedding band in the Penobscot River at the base of Mt. Katahdin. I give him…
Monday morning, while my children sat in the living room watching one of the 198 episodes of “SpongeBob Squarepants” we…
Hurricane Irene was, relatively, nothing more than a big storm when it came through Maine. But it did bring back…
