Winning a scratch off lottery can give you a new life and a better lifestyle to go with it. There are many different things people choose to do with their winnings.
This is the story of a man from Washington. For him the winning 1 million dollar scratch off ticket was a new lease on life that could not have come at a better time. Here is his story and I promise it will pull your heart strings.
His name is Michael McManus and after cashing in his scratch off ticket and taking the lump sum he now has $750,000, and he has decided to spend all his lottery winnings to make sure his 88 year old mother is taken care of properly. After having a stroke just over 6 years ago she requires round the clock care and it is very expensive.
Michael and his brother originally were planning on putting their ailing mother in a nursing home because of the high cost of around the clock nurses at her home. After winning the Million dollars in the scratch off game the brothers are now able to pay for the nurses to stay 24 hours a day with their mom in her home where she is most comfortable.
After taking care of his mother for the last 6 years McManus says he has a new appreciation for all that his mom ever did for him when he was growing up and he takes great pride in how he can now make sure she gets all the special care she needs.
After his mother had the stroke 6 years ago McManus moved back in with his mother to take care of her full time.
