Hello, dear friend XD@ericvancewalton.

As I have told you on other occasions, I don't consider myself a literary critic or anything like that and, when I submit myself to do so, I do so out of the deepest respect and with the heart as the main critic.
I have to say that I paralleled part of the story with my @hive adventure because I've been frustrated and have thought about quitting and walking away. Even my wife has told me that I spend a lot of work to write because of all the needs and shortcomings. But, I am guided by stories like yours that you have shared and I have read or by characters who persevere and in the end receive their reward. You don't just write your poems well. In prose you have many skills that you have developed as a result of that systematic work and your desire to grow. Thank you for sharing. Happy Sunday. Cheers and greetings.