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People may not know you are my aunt. This comment in addition to the other is not to spam you but because you haven't done an introduceyourself blog yet (no hurry) this post is the only one you have.

Someone just made a post that might help explain the different currencies:
https://steemit.com/steem/@tony.jennings/explaining-steem-steem-power-and-steem-dollars-to-someone-unfamiliar-with-crypto-currencies

If you want to deep dive into how this site actually works. Here is the white paper:
https://steem.io/SteemWhitePaper.pdf

One of the founders of steem is Dan Larimer and he is @dantheman on this site:

You would likely enjoy his latest post:
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@dantheman/why-do-we-fight-to-change-the-world

Thanks, will check it out!

Very nice imagery. Good work. This is a thought provoking poem.

Hope was lost
Say it's not true
Freedom's cost
Need something new

This is a seed
Here may be a way
Fueled by need
Hope has its day