I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.

You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him.

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't

She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Interesting people always have a past.