Public Spirit Award

Sarah was awarded the American Legion Auxiliary's Public Spirit Award. Past Recipients include Hillary Clinton.

Katie Couric

Sarah and family talk about inviting one guest to dinner for each week that Cdr. Dustin Smiley was deployed for a year.  

Fox & Friends

Sarah and family appeared live, in-studio on Fox and Friends to talk about life as a military family while a loved one is deployed.

O Magazine

Dinner with the Smileys was one of Oprah's "Five Things We Can't Stop Smiling About." The magazine called it "Uplifting."

New York Times 

Sarah and her military-spouse life were featured in a 6-page story titled "Confessions of a Military Wife," by Alex Witchel.

CNN

CNN interviewed Sarah about the military, deployments, the family dinner table and Dinner with the Smileys.

NBC News

Sarah talks about her book Dinner with the Smileys and about inviting one guest each week to share her dinner table.

Military Spouse 

Sarah Smiley topped the list of “Who’s Who of Military Spouses” and was profiled in the cover story.

WABI

Maine's WABI interviewed Sarah in her home for a feature about life as a military family and her reflections on Veteran's Day.

Officer and a Gentleman DVD

Smiley and her husband are featured in an interview on the bonus track for the anniversary edition.

CBS Early Show

In an interview about her book Going Overboard, Sarah talks about the struggles of being a military wife and military family.

ABC Nightline

Sarah is featured in a segment - "On the Homefront" - about her life as a military wife and her upbringing in a military family.

Woman’s Day

October 5, 2006

Feature: “Be Your Best You,” featuring advice from Smiley about handling rejection with humor.

Newsweek

January 9, 2006

News Brief: Days of Our Lives. Sarah is featured as a military spouse and columnist writing about military families.

GoodHousekeeping

June 2013

"The secret to staying sane while a spouse is deployed?" The magazine recommends Dinner with the Smileys.