After our Super Senior Week, we had a week go by without ANY newbies being inducted into the Welcome Wagon! To be honest, our SteemPeers missed that excitement of training a fresh, new face! But here is the reality: We do NOT want to fill a quote. We have NO obligation so to bring on "just any newbie" so that we can grow for the sake of growing. We are extremely protective of our blossoming family, and we want to grow based on a true connection with Steemians of Excellence.

What does that mean exactly? Do they have to be the best of the best? Professional bloggers, writers, photographers? No, not at all. It means that they want to be on Steemit. It means that they want to thrive here. It means that they want true connections with others and want to support great content to the best of their ability. Oh - and laughter! We really like laughter!

Without further ado, Introducing:

Both of these ladies are dedicated to learning, eager to learn about the platform and with infectious personalities. Recruiting @youhavewings is a bit of a new experience for us, as she is a Steemian with a higher reputation than we were used to shadowing. We were concerned with a few of these questions: Can we teach her more? Has she already found her way? Will this take away from someone with a lower rep? All of these questions and more swirled through our head as we decided to get to know her and investigate further. Boy, were we thankful we investigated further! Without going into detail, a reputation should never be the sole criterion for evaluating someone's fit for the Welcome Wagon. We are so very excited to bring her on board, and we are looking forward to teaching her all that we know to equip her even more for the sometimes "murky" waters of Steemit!

Another first! We added to our family! REAL FAMILY! @twodorks is the real-life sister of @maquemali, and though she is incredibly humble - we think that she has that same bright light of joy that her sister has! She's a little nervous that she might not be able to fill her sister's shoes! However, we've assured her that every single person that we choose has the ability to carve out their very own special niche. We can't wait to see how these two sisters light up our lives!

I'd love for you to go take a peek at their work! I already have some of my favorites from the week, but I'll let you browse around their blog to let their work speak to you! Just click on each of their images above in order to be taken to their blog!

Thanks for welcoming our new recruits!

~@dreemsteem, for the Welcome Wagon

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