Kathleen M. Jacobs is an author and West Virginian now living in New York.

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Each of us meets somebody at some point that we know we'll never forget. I met another one this week, and I know I'll never forget him. And it was because of a couple of things he said as we talked ...

As the Scottish historian and poet Sir Walter Scott has said, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Today I want to share a true story with you that fits this saying to ...