My name is Lilly and I live for God. I was born to do more than eat, drink, sleep, and play. I was born to live my life for him and I think I have.

I was born in Krivoj Rog, Ukraine on October 19, 1995 to Anna and Peter who are my parents. Being the youngest child out of 6 siblings in my family I felt special. I always got what I wanted without having to work for it and I guess that’s why I grew up not being spoiled. Many people think “Oh” you got what you wanted and became a little brat but that’s not true. Generally that is but when everything was given to me the less I wanted it. God gave me an amazing gift of being smart and I used that in my life. I didn’t need parents to give or help me, things just came naturally for me. Surprising right? That’s how my life has been and I thank God for it.

When I was 10 my parents decided to relocate to United States. No matter what I try to tell myself my parents wanted what’s best. We’ve come to a new country where Russian wasn’t spoken, homes were different, food was processed, and people were hiding. It seemed like we were on a new planet but that was normal. We didn’t know United States existed because no one lived here that we knew. Well, anyway it was too late to return so we stayed and started getting used to it. I attended only three schools in my life which were York Elementary, Frontier Middle School, and Heritage High School now. We didn’t move much only the third time in 7 years of my life here and I hate it. I don’t know how people move so often but I like to stick to one place. Now lives okay, I do everything I can and enjoy some of it but maybe it could change. I don’t know how life would have turned out in Ukraine but it turned out okay for me here. I never experienced hunger, or went cold, and always had clothes to wear. God has giving me everything even the best family I could think of. When I graduate from high school hopefully I will attend college and become a lawyer. I do want to move back to Ukraine some time in my future and see what has changed.