A couple who had been facing multiple challenges has finally received a break as they won the lottery just one day after the husband was fired from his job.
UK-based David and Shelley Adams have had a rough year. Besides losing David’s brother and sister-in-law, the couple was also confronted with life-changing news as Shelley got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and lost her job as a carer.
To make the matters worse for the couple, David, who worked as a wood machinist, was made redundant.
Despite starting to lose all hope, the couple had a change of fate as they were announced the winners of the £1 million ($1.3 million) jackpot by The National Lottery just 24 hours after David had lost his job.
“Many people would think the redundancy was the worst news but in fact it’s just the final straw in a catalogue of difficulties we have experienced,” the 61-year-old husband explained.
“Just last year Shelley was diagnosed with MS and had to give up the job she loved as a community carer, putting a strain on our finances and heightening her clinical anxiety.”
David added:
“In April we sadly lost my sister-in-law due to a massive heart attack, then two weeks in early May we received the news that sadly so many families have received this year, her husband, my brother, had passed due to Covid-19.
“It’s been a really tough time but we stick together and try to keep smiling, whatever life has thrown at us. Never in our wildest dreams did we think the next thing thrown our way would be £1M quid.”
As Shelley explained, her husband woke her up at around 1.30 in the morning to break the good news.
“I could see he was shaking so my grumpiness turned to worry as I asked him what was up, whereupon he told me we’d won the lottery,” she recalled. “I was furious, I thought he meant a tenner.”
After checking their numbers again, however, the couple was relieved to confirm that they had won the jackpot.
As the couple confirmed, the winnings will allow them to finally go visit their family and friends in Canada and go “First Class all the way.”
“We’ve always worked hard and know the value of money but this is a number far beyond anything we could ever comprehend,” David said.
“We are not going to rush any of our decisions and will take things slowly but there are a few plans for our winnings.”
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