This is great! Everyone's stories are so inspiring. It's good to see such a diverse group of people from all walks of life joining the movement. Those reading this should consider themselves blessed for being on this platform this early in the game, for this is the future. Let's put all our efforts together in raising awareness of Steemit to grow our amazing community & be able to provide valuable, unrestricted content to the world as well as become the internet's number 1 networking tool.