That's a great story Erika, thank you for sharing! I also read your other posts and saw that you love Japan! I also love Japanese culture and it's my goal to backpack over there hopefully sometime next year.

Anyways, I love how you grew to be confident through out all those obstacles. I learned that when life knocks you down, you can either choose to be bitter, or be better. Obviously you took the latter route :). It was awesome to read your story, can't wait to read more.

Also, I have a little fun anime contest going on right now. If you have the time and want to have a chance to win some free SBDs, please check it out :)!

https://steemit.com/anime/@gthongo/the-top-10-anime-of-all-time-contest