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Hey Everyone! My name is Maegan Macfarlane and I am a student studying at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I am not really a writer, but I do like to try new things, so bear with my terrible blogging skills. This semester I am taking a Family Relations class and I will be using this blog as a way to map out the things I have learned. Keep an eye out for the links to my classmate's blogs in the sidebar as well(:

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