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Long time coming

Its been years since I tried to blog and recently I felt the need to share my struggle with lupus, my journey with natural hair, my craft projects, and just personal thoughts and experiences.  Hopefully I can make myself commit to building a strong group of others who may enjoy the same activities or who share in my struggles that I go through daily.  I want to provide a candid look at my crabby, chaotic life of crafts, curls, and lupie (ness).  Since lupus sucks.
  TFR (thanksforreading)- Mell

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