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Thank you for visiting my blog! My name is Madison and I will be publishing short posts about families; their nature, purpose, etc. These will be inspired by topics discussed in my Family Relations course at BYU-Idaho. I hope some of the things I share will bless you and prompt you to think about families in a deeper way that you may not have considered before!

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