Thank you for your truly inspiring story @charles1
I agree with you on value of content and the power of the community.
Look forward to following your trail. One new things I learned is that I should not only write quality articles, I should also invest in the platform and buy steem power, i will trade 0.1 of my Bitcoin to get some steem power. thanks
Steem power will give you power in the community and also a good investment in the long run. See my lates 2 blog posts here for more information. I wish you success