I look for the good in 2024. Usually, this would be easy for me, but this last year has been challenging.To write this post, I had to dig deep to find the positive highlights I had this last year involving Hive.There are 365 days in a year. I had to have had something good happen in the last year to want to write a post about it. It saddened me that I could not come up with an answer right away.

It started raining while I was trying to sleep in the small bed. Water slashed across the panes of glass, making it sound like a crystal symphony had begun.I was almost lulled to sleep when I noticed my Mother walking blindly down the corridor, mumbling to herself that I must have left. Still speaking out loud, she told the walls that water had started pouring into her place, and she had best call someone to fix it.

I joined the Blockchain on September 25, 2017, at 3:00pm CST. I had no idea what I was going to do here. I was told all my life I wasn't good at anything. I couldn't spell, which meant I couldn't write. I needed to be more coordinated, so sports were not for me. I had lost my dream job due to illness, which meant my self-esteem had taken a hit. Working was the only place I received positive feedback. I was home and in pain. I felt very alone.

I heard a song tonight. The sound brought back memories of simpler times. Times spent riding in cars on hot summer days with windows rolled down to feel the warm breeze through your hair. The radio cranked as loud as it could go while you felt the music in your soul.

It's July. Last year in July, my world changed forever. What I thought would be a lot of work for a month turned into a year of Hell on Earth.I am getting less and less healthy. My body is breaking down faster and faster. I have fewer days where my mind and body are well enough to do anything.

I was on edge. After two hours of sleep, I woke up feeling I should call my mother. I grabbed my phone and dialed. No one answered, and I remembered she was to see the Dentist that morning to get a tooth fixed where an old filling had fallen out and needed to be refilled. I got up to wait it out, knowing she would call me back once she got home.