My Sister Got a New Car While I Got a Bus Pass but My 18th Birthday Changed Everything

Mason jar, paychecks into a savings account Grandma Ruth helped me set up at the credit union downtown. Two years. No car. No large purchases. Three thousand two hundred dollars, earned one latte at a time while my sister slept until seven-thirty and drove to school in her Civic.

My GPA held at 3.8. I applied for four scholarships and received two. continue reading …