A Day That Changed My Life
The
day that changed my life was when I had been told I had gotten the scholarship
to spend a school year in Canada, all expenses paid. It was a week day; I
remember I got out of school as usual and once in the car on my way home, I
decided to check my email.
There
were not many unread emails in my inbox at the time, as I checked it almost
every day due to school projects; but there was this blue dot on my screen that
I will never forget. It had this fancy name as if an important letter had been
carefully deposited in your mail. I stared at that blue dot for at least ten
seconds, and I waited; I pressed the screen and as a new tab pushed my inbox to
the left making that encouraging blue dot disappear, I felt my nerves on edge. I
read everything the email said making sure I did not misunderstand any single
word. As I was reading, fear got into me, anxiety and longing to know; I was
not aware I could feel all those emotions at the same time.
The email contained a link, I couldn’t wait
anymore so I opened it and there was the list containing the hundred names of
teenagers that got in; I scrolled down as fast as I could looking for my
surname, and there was it. Now it was just joy what pervaded my body. As soon
as I was certain, I tapped my mom on the shoulder and I handed her my phone
with the list telling her my name was in it. She smiled at me and said she was
very proud and happy for me.
From
that moment on, I knew my life was going to make a three hundred and sixty
degree flip. All the experiences that I was about to live, all the people I was
about to meet, they were going to change my life forever.
