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"...often funny and always humane, an unexpected voice in a world long defined by ironclad rules and abhorrence of emotion" 

- New York Times Magazine

"Smiley is so painfully honest that readers who’ve been there are likely to feel that old familiar hot flush of hysteria." 

- The Virginian-Pilot

"...an Erma Bombeck for the military-wife set...[Smiley's] prose is simple and straightforward, and her humor is clever." 

- Publishers Weekly

"Sarah Smiley continues to put [Pensacola, Florida] on the map." 

- The Pensacola News Journal

"Smiley's not afraid to question the tight-lipped culture she inhabits, nor the government's decisions about Iraq. Her new book is sure to make Rummy sweat." 

- Philadelphia City Paper 

"[Sarah] writes about her problems (real and imagined) and successes with disarming candor." 

- BookReporter.com

"You will find yourself smiling and chuckling to yourself as you read."

- Des Moines Register.com

"It is that wry take on the life of a military spouse...one that questions the rules and regulations of the shadow military she embodies, that Smiley does best" 

- New York Times Magazine

"Laugh-out-loud humor and poignant honesty set this memoir apart" 

- The Florida Times-Union

"Sarah Smiley's columns read like amusing dispatches from your favorite friend, rather than two-dimensional words on a page. Smiley has the knack of turning the ordinary, and not-so-ordinary travails of a modern-day military wife into an absorbing narrative. There's nothing stoic about this Navy wife who writes with the kind of three-beer honesty that seems both amusing and brave at the same time." 

- Frank Cerabino, columnist, The Palm Beach Post 

"Witty, whimsical and wise, [I'M JUST SAYING...] will put a grin on your face." 

- Tim Bete, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

"Sarah Smiley captures military family life like no other - with endearing and descriptive writing that brings both laughs and tears." 

- The Bradenton Herald

"In Sarah Smiley's wonderfully wacky world, Santa speaks Pig Latin, fat clothes are never discarded, and Amish Friendship bread becomes frightfully unfriendly. I'm Just Saying hilariously documents the misadventures of a military family. Each column is a carefully polished gem." 

- Karin Gillespie, author of DOLLAR DAZE

"Insightful. Patriotic. Guaranteed to tickle your funny bone.  This delightful read will remind you of the universal (and hilarious) lessons of motherhood and give you a renewed appreciation for military families. With insight and humor, Sarah Smiley helps us understand the sacrifices of military families and reminds us how essential it is to be able to laugh at ourselves.  This collection of stories shares the myriad of blessings universal to motherhood." 

- Celeste Palermo, author 

"Sarah Smiley's frank writing offers an atypical perspective of military life...even those completely unfamiliar with life as a military spouse will relate and appreciate her witty accounts of being a wife and raising three children."

- Bernie Grimm, Fox News Legal Analyst

"Ms. Smiley is most eloquent when writing about the joys and challenges of parenthood...Yet, she's not afraid to take the military to task for its shortcomings." 

- Military.com