Sarah Smiley is an author and newspaper columnist in Bangor, Maine and a military wife.  Her husband is a Navy pilot who, three years ago was deployed overseas for 13 months.

Dinner With The Smileys by Sarah Smiley
Dinner With The Smileys by Sarah Smiley

They are also the parents of three young boys who were definately not happy that their dad was going to be gone for so long.  A decision was made by the family that they would invite someone over each week to fill dad's spot at the dinner table.

It turned into a book called "Dinner With The Smileys"

Sarah talked with Rich Peterson this morning about the book and the experiences on KROC AM...

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