A smashing event and credit must be given to not only our leaders, our moderators, and team members but most of all our our fraternity of brothers and sisters who have participated in this community over these five amazing years.
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven.
I’ve been here before our Pre-Hive years. Eight years in total now, as 
Not all communities survived the transition as the previous Ladies centred community had all but faded away, leaving an unfulfilled need. 
SilverSaver and I already have a history together from our YouTube days. A heart of gold and generous soul with a John Woo gunslinger style we’ve often refer to each other as Stacking Sisters as a term of endearance pertaining to our common interest in collecting gold and silver coins. Our vehicle of inflation proof savings.
I can remember when she first approached me about participating in the Ladies community and I can sense her excitement about it. This is the primary reason I signed up. As a friend this long, I could not disappoint her. Despite my loner nature and reluctance to socialize, she had the perfect fix to get me out of that shell, “I’m going to make you a Moderator.” she said.
Gasp.
My secondary reason is my concern for the new junior accounts, those that feel discouraged by the lack of interest and engagement. I’ve been there and understand. And I am painfully aware of Hive’s on-boarding problems and do my part in support and encouragement.
While I make every effort to welcome our ‘First Timers’ as I find them, I wish to exhort all our Moderators and members to do the same, let’s welcome our new members, wish them success, offer tips and invite them to our Ladies of Hive Discord server. Pssst, we have goodies like LOH and pizza tokens there. 😉
If I were asked, “What would make Ladies of Hive better in the next five years.”
It would be that each one of us make the effort to welcome, support and encourage each other and to feel as if we are members of a family.
When each of us grows, we all grow as a community.
Kerris L Ravenhill, Ladies of Hive Moderator.
Always the night owl, and working like the Dickens to get this done.
Toodle-do!
References & Sources
Photos are my own shot with an ancient 2018 Samsung SM-A530W or otherwise indicated.
N. Digital Images created in Night Cafe.A.I.
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W. Wiki Commons
☠️🎃 Page Dividers by thekittygirl. ❄️🌞
Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
Physical precious metals bullion stacking is only a part of my personal overall financial strategy. Meanwhile, collecting numismatics are a different set of objectives and strategy. Unless you are a complete nutcase as I am please, do your research before deciding to buy into any bullion or numismatic products.