From Rags To Riches
When the Powerball draw took place, she didn’t expect to see her numbers pop up on her TV screen. Marie was flabbergasted at the realization that she had just won $188 million! What once seemed to be the grim life of a single mother battling to make ends meet, suddenly turned into a life of almost infinite money! “I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it.”
No Words
Things really got real when Marie went to the North Carolina Lottery Commission to receive her check. Standing in front of a small crowd and some family and friends, she held the check tightly and said, “I’m still processing it… it hasn’t hit me yet.”