Welcome to my empire of self-love, inspiration and encouragement.

Where I hope to encourage you in and outside of the craft room, or if you're like me for

many years, beyond the kitchen table.

This is Beyond Crafting.

An Open Letter to a Narcissist.

The damage that you cause and your destructive path is irreparable.

You cannot fathom the hurt from your non-existent empathy that you cause from your actions.

Your grand sense of self-importance is so much greater than anything else to you.

The self-importance that is fueled by your love of yourself that replaces everything

else in your life.

That replaces your relationships with your family, your friends, your children.

You have a preoccupation with power.

You want to rule everything around you with fantasies of bold power and brilliance that

is a veil that hides who you really are.

You are a chameleon, changing and shaping your personality to fit those around you.

You tell people what they want to hear in order to feed your fire.

You mirror their behavior so that you are trusted to blend into your surroundings.

You love bomb the beginning of a relationship to seem that you are the perfect partner.

And love should be nurtured to grow.

Love is not feeling submissive in your presence.

Love is not oscillating from friends or family.

Love is not pointing out failures and flaws to make you the narcissist feel that you are

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