A Changed Life

• Kate Winterfield, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2018

It was two years ago today that my life turned the right way up. It all started when I guess you could say I was “homeless”. It was all when some generous man walked along the busy streets of New York city and placed a 20 dollar note in my small, ripped black hat. I got up in an amazing rush to thank him for the money. I refused to take it at first but he wanted me to take it and get something that I needed. I was quite silly with the choice that I made but it actually changed my life. I chose to spend my only money on a seven-billion-dollar lotto ticket.

I waited the next day to walk five hundred and twenty-two long meters to a small blue library on Broadway Street to look what the numbers were. It wasn't very far from where I was sleeping. I finally arrived and got a seat facing the TV. I had the numbers 27, 22, 56, 79, and 60. I looked towards the TV as my face expressions changed from promising to shocked. I swear I was the happiest person on earth when I saw the exact numbers that I had on my ticket. I kept my screaming out of excitement to myself because the library was a very calm and warm place and I didn’t want to be kicked out by anyone. After I got a warm beverage from the machine I left the building to collect the only money I’ve had in years! It was very exciting!

As I got my money I decided I need a small place to stay until I got my very own nice house. I didn’t keep all the money to myself, I actually donated some of the seven billion dollars to the homeless foundation because I knew what type of situation they were in. I really hope this money can change other people's situations and lives. After more days went by I got my very first license, a new white car that go dirty too quickly and I looked for a new comfortable house in a nice safe area. I got a job and I thought about going to a university to study about science and technology. I made that come true and now I study at the Apollo University. It's a very interesting experience! I got myself a small apartment across the road from a lake that I get to walk around every day. I never actually knew what the new world was really like until my whole life changed. I now have a growing family that have helped me through it all.

Now that I know what the real life is like I really enjoy it heaps and I don’t regret any of the choices that I made along the way. I would have to say that I am one of the of the luckiest humans on earth to come this far. This has completely changed my life!