_{Image taken from @patjewell's blog}

This is a bit hard for me, but I have to choose. Honestly, there are lots of successful women on this platform, but right now, my favourite is a strong and hardworking South African woman, @patjewell.

This woman is not just recognized on this platform for her commitment to organizing contests, but she’s also committed to helping both new and old steemians who are ready and willing to learn and grow.

I cannot forget when I lost my keys sometime last year, @patjewell did her best in helping. There were others who showed concern and also helped, but @patjewell took her time to connect me to someone just for help. Ata point where I almost gave up, she encourage me the more and asked me to send a mail to the Steemit email address for a recovery of my keys.

Until then, I didn’t know she was so selfless.
Another reason I consider her to be my favourite is the fact that she made me upload my profile picture here after being on the platform for over a year.

Anytime I made posts and my pictures were required for credibilty’s sake, that was it, and I wasn’t really moved. But when @patjewell mentioned it, she didn’t stop there. She equally asked to connect with me, which we did, and gave me valid reasons why my profile picture was needed. After I uploaded a picture, she was glad and got back to me.

@patjewell also added me to a group to share my challenges with a group of steemains and get help where I needed it. this is a woman all the way from South Africa doing so much follow-up to make sure I was properly guided on what to do here.

So much! I’d like to be sincere here as well. I have won only a few times in her contests, but whenever I see one by her, and I have the time to write, I do it. Her contribution to the platform is massive. The job of organizing contests, and reading entries and making meaningful and encouraging comments, is one.

Another thing I have noticed about her is the eagerness to always learn from posts, not just for writing sake. This has made me also be on the lookout for the knowledge I can get from any content I see.

Credibility is another powerful one. I remember when I made a post, and I cited a couple of words without crediting it to the author. Respectfully, @patjewell made me understand the importance of always acknowledge the owner of a content, which is beautiful. And I’m sure every writer would want that as well.

@patjewell,

I may not be professional enough to say this, but I want to appreciate you for being strong and true. Thank you for always looking out for persons in help. It is one thing to advise someone, and another to follow it up, but you are capable of all these.

Your values are rare. I may not know you in person, but the little I have seen here tells me your are a rare gem, and I’m glad to cross paths with you.

From @yhudy

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Thanks for reading through.