All's Fair in Love and Politics

This is one woman’s tale of small-town drama, of heartbreak and sweet revenge so surprisingly absurd that it just begs to be told. Sometimes life just presents us with a perfect opportunity to tell a story about true karma and justice in a small town.

Having traversed the dark and narrow path of heartbreak and infidelity, I have found we are all guilty of sins on some level. The ability to own our sins is what defines our character, and our legacy in life therefore must be defined by how we owned them.

The essence of real justice is always in its truth. As the wife in this immensely painful saga, I found that at the end of the day choices had to be made. She chose to pursue my husband and then my hometown. I chose to run her off from both!

In every town there is always that person for whom the rules do not apply, or so they think. This is my story, complete with secret e-mails and a private server, Donald Trump–worthy insults, and a little Monica Lewinski flavor thrown in for good measure! It really is a small world we live in. Secrets are never really secret in a small town.

My husband owned his mistake in such remarkable ways, and God helped me to find a way to forgive him.

May the tears and fears of yesterday,

Fall away and begin to cease,

Only to remind us every day we live,

That peace is love and love is peace!

-- Valerie Malone