Touched

Secrets come in all sorts and sizes.

Sometimes, they are as sweet as an engagement ring in a nervous boy's pocket. Other times ... they threaten to shatter your very self. With those kinds of secrets, it's difficult to judge if keeping it or telling it is more damaging.

For years, I believed telling my secret was far more dangerous than anything imaginable.

I was wrong.

My daddy was one of the finest men Allen County, Tennessee ever produced. His brother, Hollis, was a devil from hell. I co...