I'm not from Maine but I got here as soon as I could. Six years ago, a family from Florida fell in love with ';the way life should be,' and althoughthey've never seen a moose, the Smileys intend to stay. Because say what you will about the coldwinters and the messy mud season, there is no other place to raise a kid than in the great state ofMaine.Got Here As Soon As I Could is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley'smost-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cryand nod their head ';yes' as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland.