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The Company You Keep (The Biggest Mistake of my Life)

A few days ago, there was a picture of Stan Struthers in the Winnipeg Free Press.  It was almost half a sheet of paper.  There have been allegations that he was sexually inappropriate while he was in the Manitoba Legislature.  He represented my home town of Dauphin for over a decade.  I have never met the man, but I believe the allegations against him.   Not only because I don't believe that many women would make this up, but because of the company he keeps.  I know (or used to know) a man who calls Stan a friend.  I used to hear a lot from him how wonderful Stan was and what a great guy he was.  This friend of Stan's was the one who I made the biggest mistake of my life with.  I had an affair with a married man, something I swore I never would do.  It was my mistake and I take full responsibility for it.  But, with every monumental mistake, it doesn't just happen, it is a process.  It is hard to know when my process s...