What is a manipulator? According to Wikipedia, it is a person who applies psychological manipulation. What does psychological manipulation mean? According to Wikipedia, it is a type of influence that aims to change the behavior or perception of others through indirect, deceptive, or underhanded tactics. Have you ever dealt with a person who manipulates to get their way? What about someone who can camouflage their true motives and paint a pretty picture of why something should be given to them or done their way? Often times, it appears that manipulators have your best interest at heart when they truly have an ulterior motive for some type of gain for themselves. A…

  Drug addiction is no stranger to me. Growing up, I watched my older brother struggle with it and he still does to this day. I’ve seen what it did to his family and what it continues to do to his son. Today, I watch what it’s doing to our middle child. No, I did not physically give birth to him but I accepted him along with his two brothers when I chose to say yes to Brodie in being his girlfriend and later, his wife. Most of his life, he’s watched both of his parents be consumed by addiction. He and his older brother had to fend for themselves…