Katy Betz
If I had a million dollars, I would not let it change my life too much. I would keep some of it for my family to finish the addition we�re working on. I would still work and I�d still have a sense of what money is. I would not spend it all on some meaningless material thing that will soon be forgotten about. I would pay for my parents and myself to be able to take a sport trip around the world. We would bike, walk, and canoe all over beautiful countryside. I would also donate a large portion of the money to either finding a cure for Parkinson�s disease, the Augusta Burn Center, to find a cure for Breast Cancer, or to the church. I�m sure I wouldn�t miss that money as much as the families miss their loved ones who died from these diseases.
I would then put all of the money I had left into the bank to gain interest and pay my way through one of the best colleges. I would not give any money to my friends. This is not because I�m greedy or selfish, it�s because I don�t want my friends to become dependent on me and then not be able to make it alone in the world. Last of all, I would keep some of the money in the bank and not take it out until either my children or my grandchildren go to college or I retire. I would buy some stocks with this money, but mostly just let it gain interest. I hope if I ever do get one million dollars, I will not let it ruin my life and I will stay kind.