They Handed Me a $2 Lottery Ticket and My Sister a $13K Cruise—Then I Won $100 Million and Their 79 Missed Calls Started Rolling In

wasn’t perfect. But it was hers, and it was real, and it was a start.

People ask me if a hundred million dollars made me happy.

The honest answer surprises them.

No. Not exactly. Money doesn’t manufacture happiness. What it does is buy options. It buys freedom. It buys the ability to say no without fear of what happens next.

The happiness — the real kind,continue reading …