Yesterday was a curious day.

I ended up in the middle of the jungle in a bungalow next to the beach with the most pleasant company I've met so far in the three weeks I've been in the Mexican Caribbean.

Viktoria and her beautiful 8 year old daughter Mia came from Austria for 2 weeks to explore the Mayan Riviera and I met them in the hostel I'm volunteering in.

You see, it's unusual to run into children in a hostel, not because kids aren't supposed to be there, but because normally, the mindset of people traveling with children doesn't fit with the hostel life - meeting new people, sharing experiences etc. Viktoria got a private room for her and Mia, but still wanted her daughter to interact with other travelers and to get to know the vibe and energy that flows inside a hostel and between this specific kind of travelers, so staying at the hostel I'm volunteering at was perfect.

Spending time with 8 year old Mia convinced me about something I kind of wanted but wasn't sure: at some point I want kids. Yeah, sorry millennial steemians, some of us still want a family of our own, lol. Spending time with Viktoria made me realize I want a relationship at some point, I've been traveling solo for too long and if I ever get into a relationship it would be with someone like her.

I mean, kids can be difficult and Mia is no exception, she gets grumpy very easily and quite often, but when she is in a good mood she can be the sweetest girl on the block.

Which makes me think. We already have some oncoming steemians on the belly of @ roxane and @ evecab. And we already have steemians on the making on @ teamhumble and @ misslasvegas family. There's already a DApp being developed by @dreemsteem called Spunkee Monkeys which is targeted to families and kids. So, we are on the early ages of making Steem a family friendly Blockchain, I wonder where that DApp will go, I wish the best of luck to them.

Speaking about families, I'm very glad to see more and more steemians inviting their parents, brothers, sisters and even grandparents to join the Steem Blockchain. One of the goals of @ steemonboarding (which is overdue, I know) is to help you guys with that "welcoming process" to the platform. I expect that I along @ coruscate and the rest of the team can deliver very soon.

Which reminds me, @ ocd will be back very soon, expect an update from @ acidyo any time now, because we'll be reloaded and ready to curate again.

This post ended up being more of a shout-out one and updating you on my life, not so much of a "thoughts from a..." kind of post, but hey, it is a freewrite after all and j just write about what comes to mind and let it flow wherever it takes me.

I'm going to be more active in the commenting other posts part of the interaction process on Steem, so, see you again in one of your posts :)

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This post was originally posted in February 2019 and it's part of my initiative called showcase April, where I'll post the best content I've done over the past three years.