I have finally regained access to my Steemit account! I both happy and relieved.
Thank you, everyone, who helped me and was patient enough with me and my questions during this process!
And to express my happiness, let me share with you a gif by one my favourite gif artists, Yang Hua Chun:
RUN by TAIYANGGUODU on DeviantArt
More of his work can be found here:
http://taiyangguodu.deviantart.com/