QotD: Life-Changing Event

What event changed your life for the better?
Submitted by Kasey.

I think there were a couple of events that changed my life for the better.  Graduating college at the age of 35 was a fantastic experience.  I never thought that I would truely ever get that far.  I barely graduated high school so college was a thought far far from my mind.  I started college with a 7th grade level of math skill tho so it took a bit to get me up to college level math.  Now I'm hoping to get a Bachelors in Social Work but statistics is kind of sticking me in the mud.  The other experience that changed me for the better was being homeless.  I know that sounds weird but it really was a very teaching experience.  I wasn't one of those hoodlums running around breaking into cars for spare change but I did do a few illegal things to get money to eat on.  I had a great bunch of teachers in high school too tho.  My senior year was when I was homeless and they helped me through a lot of it.  I used to sit in the lunchroom with the ladies and have breakfast or the principal's office and enjoy good company and coffee with doghnuts.  It was a very interesting time to be a teenager too.  The 80's were a strange time but a good time of change.  We did start a lot that is still coming into fruition today in the 21st century.  I hated being homeless while it was happening but I truely wouldn't trade the experience and things learned for anything in the world.