Friendship is a Precious Gift!

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When I joined Hive, I was totally lost. Really, I've been stumped on how to be social my whole life, I'm awkward as HECK. Hive was just that, with way more steps to me at first.

One day, an amazingly kind man named @jamerussell heard my newbee frustrations, and patiently explained all sorts of things to me. I had only been here maybe a week, but I was ready to quit. Why was everything so complicated?!

James linked me resource after resource, egging me on to try all sorts of stuff. Apparently, he thought I could figure Hive out, AND learn to do a whole number of things in tandem. Suddenly I sped past the understanding of blogging here, into the land of exploration, with his guidance. He introduced me to PYPT at the same time, which changed the course of my time here tremendously.

He helps run a project called @heyhaveyamet, which aims to introduce new people to the blockchain. This has a two-pronged approach— linking resources, and sharing their intro post in the daily HHYM blog. I see him go out of his way to do so much more all the time though, just like he did for me. He helped me find the friends that inspired this whole contest!

James, I meant to write you a whole "letter" on V-day, I started it. I made you a web pirate-cowboy in a story LOL. Maybe it's good that I didn't finish it, because I know you'd tell me I'm weird... but you'd have secretly really liked it, and that would've made me smile.

Thank you for all that you do here James! ❤️

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In the wake of natural disasters, life hardships, and personal stressors, Hivians stick together. This is a huge source of serotonin to me, in a world that feels very indifferent at times. I watch people find a place here that empowers them and opens doors for the future. And most of all, I watch people building bridges so as many of us as possible can succeed.

If we wanted to do well at anything in life, the answer probably wouldn't be to go out of our way to help someone else... yet, that's the thing here. I write fiction, yet I get reblogged by fiction writers all of the time. It isn't a competition. We delegate bits of our revenue power to others. We encourage and nurture. We're showing the world what is possible when people build together without a 3rd party interference. I've obviously fallen quite in love, be still my punk kid heart!

Being the sap that I am, of course I wished we would all write love letters to each other. To those of you who did, THANK YOU! I know I am not the only one who felt blown away while reading your letters. I was a proper emotional wreck reading some of them, because the power of human connection here is just so darn PRECIOUS!!

Alright, I know I talk too much. PRIZES! let gooo!🤣

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A huge thank you to @thekittygirl, @dreemsteem, and @ifarmgirl for their generous delegations to red fish!

We had 4 qualifying love letters from Hivians with under 500HP! Congratulations, you each get 200HP for one month @balikis95 @ibbtammy @lydiapauline and @amiegeoffrey! 💪💚

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What is a Hive Power delegation? Hive power increases your vote weight, but that's not all! HP allows you to earn curation rewards, and perform actions on the blockchain such as posting comments. When someone delegates to you, they are lending you part of their HP. During this time, it acts as if it is yours! WEE! 💃

Receiving delegations is a tremendous help to so many of us when growing our own HP, we hope it does the same for you ladies! 💕

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Cha Ching! Next up we have liquid Hive prizes!

A HUGE thank you to @thekittygirl and @enginewitty for donating a total of 25 Hive!!


❤️ ❤️ ❤️

@amberkashif @samsmith1971 @deraaa @funshee and @balikis95 You won 5 Hive each!!

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❤️LUV!❤️

@summertooth you are the LUV jackpot winner! You will receive 250 LUV courtesy of @thealliance!

I was also generously given 1000 LUV by @crrdlx, who embodies the spirit of his token, to share with the lovers! I spread this around equally between @dreemsteem (I know, but I had to give you SOME, your letter was gorgeous!!) @amiegeoffrey @funshee @balikis95 @lydiapauline @deraaa @ibbtammy @samsmith1971 @amberkashif and @jhymi.

Jhymi, your post was late... but you knew that when you wrote it, and wanted to anyhow! 😍 In what world should you not be in the LUV pool?! 💚🤗 That's what it's all about!

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If you are not sure what this is, try using !LUV in a friend's comment section, it allows you to send LUV to friends everyday!

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Thank you for donating to the love fest on behalf of PsyberX @bobthebuilder2 and @votebetting 😍!

Speaking of PsyberX, did you know the game is free to play now? Go check out this post for more information, including how to get your Steam game key!

Anyhow, I just kept this obviously, because this game looks AMAZING! 😂 Sorry everyone, I definetly didn't send @enginewitty and @summertooth 7k LVL each, nope. Get hecked guys, you can fight me in Psyber Decks (A PVP arena where you can fight for LVL) soon 😝

🙃 💚 😎

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🤣 LOLZ 😂

@deraaa and @balikis95, you both always crack me up. No one stood a chance! I've sent you both 16 LOLZ 😆

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🤗Ladies of Hive😘

This community is a warm space for women from all over the world to share the things that bring them joy. A judgement free zone with weekly prompts that everyone can have fun addressing, this was one of the first communities I joined on Hive!

@silversaver888 and @ifarmgirl both sent out LOH to participants who showed girl power in their posts! Thank you ladies, 💕 and congratulations @amberkashif @ibbtammy and @funshee!

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@amberkashif I know you were visited directly already with yours by our LADY founder 😍

Are you a woman that is new to Hive? Go check out the community!

💃 💐 💞

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@thekittygirl has been known to throw a pal a slice on numerous occasions, this time she threw a pizza party! @lydiapauline @ibbtammy and @amiegeoffrey you each get 20 PIZZA!

What does this do? Once a day you can use the !PIZZA command to tip a friend a slice of pizza in the comments section! UH, YUM! 🍕👯‍♂

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This is the token I buy whenever I have the yams. If you know, you know. If you don't, go find out!

I know you didn't want a prize @snook, but I happily let you win all the time so it's totes my turn 😝... to let you win? huh 🤔🤣🤠

There's 1000 PIMP coming your way from a mysterious source, with a strict no return policy. 🤷‍♀❤️😊

I also sent 500 PIMP out to @dreemsteem and @samsmith1971, I see you two out there making it HAPPEN everyday. ✊ Respect and admiration to you both! 💕 Speaking of these two, it only feels appropriate that I'll be talking about #dreemport next!


🌍DREEMPORT! ✍️

I know a lot of our pen pals are Dreemers already, but for those of you who don't know, Dreemport is AMAZING! You log on, and are randomly given 5 posts to curate. There are so many times I have found a new author like this! Afterwards, you may submit your own post.

During the next curation cycle, others will be assigned your post! This helps authors establish connections, get more exposure, and have a great time! That's not the only thing that goes on in the Dreemport world though!

Each month Dreemport collaborates with a Hive community, which is an amazing cross pollination effort! So many visit either the community or Dreemport for the first time during this, and end up staying! Go check out Dreemport's collab with Hive Book Club for the Month of February here!

@dreemsteem dished out a total of 1000 Dreem today! 😍 Thank you Capt'n Dreemy!!


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You can join in on the Dreemport fun here!


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Finally, can we all just take a moment to appreciate @saffisara?!

I asked her to help me with the contest, not having any idea how many people would join. Saffi didn't ask what my plan was, she was just DOWN. She loved the contest idea, and as far as she was concerned, that's all see needed to hear I guess! She knew the plan was: we'd kill it! 😂💪

If 100 people had joined, Saffi was ready! We had a plan involving a Google Doc and she wasn't scared! She's just a boss like that. It's super rare to meet people like Saffi, friends who become family so quick it's crazy... She has the heart of a saint and the face of an angel, yet she is so down to earth it's unreal.

She's the type of person who will make you laugh, and touch your heart all in the same breath! This contest would've been doomed without her if this had gotten crazy! Go visit her and show her some love please! 😊❤️

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We had 14 participants total, however only 9 were "official". I'm really grateful to everyone who took the time to write a letter and show some love to their friends. I know I'm not alone in feeling this way! The only thing better than your letters, was looking through the comment sections. You each made so many people's days!! Thank YOU! 🤗


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Thank YOU for making a great contest where I got to talk about a few of the people that make Hive the magical place that it is :D

and THANK YOU for the mystery prize too :D Goofy woman you!

HUGE HUGS!

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looking for a new hug gif... and found you this 🤣

You are obvi Robert Downey Jr. here LOL

I tried to guess what he's saying and I got "That pizzas so good" I must be hungry 😂
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This post should use in the LoH tag as well, @grindan, and are you trying to mess up my bad boy biker image??? hahahahahahahahahaha!!! I think you're weird and you put a massive ear to ear smile on my face and an audible snicker snicker snort snort when I saw this hahahahahaha!!!
You have totally surpassed my expectations on the blockchain very quickly, and I think you're a massively awesome writer to boot. You will do very well here, look, you flew past me hahahahahaha!!!
Thank you for the shout out, but it's your own talents and your personality that have gotten you this far, and suspect way farther than this. Remember us lowly servants when you're up there!!!
Thank you for being you! ❤️🤗😊
!LADY

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Maybe she will go ahead and publish that story one day, anyway! 😉

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EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂
Hahahahahahaha,
Well, @grindan, you heard the young lady, do I feel like a swashbuckling pirate out in the stormy seas and wrestling huge Leviathans in the uncharted waters??? hahahahaha! Cool!

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You're a strange kid of sea dog... your boat is not made of wood! hehe I will definitely finish it eventually, because it is super fun. I think it was just ill fit for a valentine's day letter 🤣

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Yes, I am, and when I find it, I have a short story about those days that I wrote from a website that was centralized and the owner sold all of the people out, took the money and ran.

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Oh my gosh 🤦‍♀ my brain was so fried by the time I hit publish last night, that I thought I did add LOH tag until I saw your comment. Sigh. Only the toughest of bikers would have noticed my error... 😉

Your confidence in me still makes me feel brave. You're humble as all heck my friend, surely one of a kind 😁. Thank you for all the beautiful sentiments in this comment!! 💕🤗

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Everything about this challenge was so good! You did a great job soliciting prizes, writing the initial post, you & @saffisara did a good job reviewing all the posts, the prize distribution seemed to go well, and this recap post is superb! And it was such a beautiful, fabulous idea for an activity on the blockchain! KUDOS and HUGS! 🤗

!LADY

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Thank you so much Kitty!! 💕🤗 !LUV !LOLZ !PIZZA !PIMP !ALIVE

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A big thank you for this supper amazing love letter contest and to our dear @saffisara for making it a great success with her help. I very much appreciate all the sweet prizes sent my way.

Thank you and all our sponsors for making hive a beautiful place.

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OMG😱😱😱😱😱😱
Is this how it feels like to participate in a contest and win a prize? Oh boy I am blown away, I wasn’t feeling too well last night but waking up to this? I feel so fine already😂😂

Can I hug all the sponsors already 🙈🙈

Thanks for putting a smile on all the contestants faces, special thanks to @grindan for coming up with all of these and @thekittygirl thanks for all you do on Ladies of Hive, we all see you and appreciate your good works. @silversaver888 your posts has taught me a lot about stacking golds and silvers and thanks for all your support,I see you😃

This is the very first time I’m winning a prize on the blockchain and I am so so happy, I am literally making a post on it🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳😭😭

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AWWWEEEEE! This makes me so happy! I remember feeling the same way when I won a contest the first time 😍! It gives me chills to know I got to be part of that feeling for someone else! 💞

Thank you for this awesome comment, and beautiful letter!! 😊

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CONGRATS! I was very happy to supply some prizes, including the 200 HP delegation which you received! Thanks for participating in grindan's event, which became more fabulous because of you and the others who rallied to the cry! 😊

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Oh I knew I contacted an angel when I met you @grindan and to you @saffisara, thank you so much for constantly putting smiles on the faces of people. I honestly didn't expect to be gifted anything. You all are truly Godsent giving these delicious prizes to people. How possible is it that each of them sound like actual food though? I just want to delve in.😂😂😋
Thanks for making my day and the days of others as well. What a wonderful family to be part of!!❤️❤️

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hahahaha! I get hungry whenever I look at my token wallet 🤣

This comment makes me so happy Jhymi! Thank you for being awesome, it's been really cool to get to know you better 💚😁🤗 !PIZZA

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You ran a successful competition. I love how you collaborated with many for the prize pool. I never got a chance to write a post article after the deadline like I planned but I was able create a Valentine's card to give to that friend that is here. At least I did something related to your competition, all thanks to you.

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That is so cool, I love that you made someone a card! Thank you so much for sharing that with me 💚 !PIZZA

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Congratulations on a successful contest! Hive becomes even more beautiful because of people like you, James, Saffi and a lot more coming together like this. It's simply amazing!

!LUV

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Thank you so much, that really makes my heart warm to hear! 😍🤗 I appreciate you wanting to sponsor even though you and I don't know each other super well, that also made me smile a lot. That hive spirit of "I just want to chip in" is behind every successful endeavor here I think! Makes me proud to call Hive a home! 💞 So many hugs to you!!

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Thank you so much for all you do!!! I really appreciate it and I am short of words honestly. But thank You!

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Shucks Deraa, 🤗😊 that's really sweet of you to say, you've made me blush I think!! 😅😂💚💚💚 !PIZZA

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Hehehe. I kinda sent you a message on Discord. If you have the time maybe you could look at it. 😅

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You've made me speechless Sis. I feel like a little princess who is pampered and loved. You guys are amazing. I appreciate you and the others. Thanks for this heartfelt love.

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YOU ARE MY PRINCESS!! 🤣🤗 hahaha Thank YOU for writing such a beautiful letter sis 😍💚 !PIZZA

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Awwwwnnn... Be careful with my heart, Grin.☺☺

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Was a great initiative and happy to be a part on multiple levels! Spread that love.

!LUV
!WINE
!hiqvote

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BIG HUGS AND ALL THE LOVE TO YOU!! !PIZZA !LOLZ !PIMP ❤️🤗

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Aw, thank you so much, my lovely. This was one of those initiatives that felt so daunting to start but really once I put my fingers to the keyboard... I couldn't stop... It all flowed out... and I had to stop myself forcibly in the end!!! !LOLZ thank you so much for coming up with this idea 🙌😍 and thank you for the wonderful treats that found in my wallet. To all of you that made this possible and decided to spoil those who took part... thank you.
@grindan @saffisara @dreemsteem @thekittygirl @enginewitty @crrdlx @ifarmgirl @bobthebuilder2 @votebetting @silversaver888 !LUV !ALIVE !PIMP

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You make me grin like a kid, you have such a truly beautiful heart Sam 😍🤗

I feel so elated thinking of you just drifting off into keyboard land, and eventually going, "Oh dear I must stop myself!" 🤣 The passion behind that is AMAZING! I feel like I'll always remember that your longest post to boot was a love letter, was a perfect factoid about you. 🙌😊

THANK YOU for being amazing!! ❤️

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🍕 PIZZA Party!

I gifted $PIZZA slices here:
grindan tipped thekittygirl (x1)
grindan tipped coolmidwestguy (x1)
grindan tipped jhymi (x1)
@grindan(1/10) tipped @enginewitty (x1)
grindan tipped deraaa (x1)
grindan tipped funshee (x1)
grindan tipped balikis95 (x1)

Learn more at https://hive.pizza!

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I appreciate you taking the time, to either use my TAG, or post in my Community. There are plenty of them to choose from. So...

Thank you!!


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**Greetings from Anti Wine Bot! The new Bot in town that hates Wine Bot**

Today I am down voting you due to Wine Bot being called in the comments

Can you decode my secret messages? They are all the rage on Hive right now!

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I mean.... I.... I 😊 I am just smiling and don't know what to say.
Your words touched my ❤️ and I can only say same about YOU @grindan 💋
I am so happy to call you Sister and the more I learn about you I just love and admire you more.
You are such a warm hearted person and Thank you for including me in this contest, it was so much fun and to read all love letters made my heart smile so big ❤️😊😁 lol

Anytime you need me to do whatever or just be here... I am yours 🤗
Love you Bunches sis 💋

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One contest with so many prizes. What an expression of !LUV and care. Hehe.

I am glad @grindan that you found the helping souls here who made you stay. Else, it would be a loss for the platform to lose an amazing person.

For those who are genuine, do find others with the same nature. Hive is like a home where people feel for each other.

God bless you, !LADY

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