That is good to hear you have support around you and it is a in the past thing but you don't mind talking about it. As far as posting photos, I use this site called http://IPFS.pics (I like their technology https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryplectibles/ipfs-the-end-of-http-also-greatest-free-steemit-image-host-found ) but there is also http://postimage.org for images larger than 2mb.

Both play nice with Steemit, after you upload on either site, just right click and copy image address to paste into your Steemit posts.