When Kevin Duke bought his 16-year-old daughter, Jada, a used car a couple of weeks ago, he had no idea that what he found tucked under its dash would be more valuable than the vehicle itself.
And no, he didn’t find a diamond ring, or a stash of cash left behind by the previous owner, but rather, a letter—with words worth their weight in gold.
A letter that spoke of heartbreak and happiness, death and dirty diaper changes, and road trips with windows rolled down as Skynyrd’s “Freebird” blared through the speakers.
In a Facebook post by Love What Matters, Kevin shared the words of a heartbroken mother named Sabrina who wanted to let the future owner know just how much “life happened in this car.”
In a storage compartment on top of the dash, the father found an envelope under a rubber mat that he had never noticed before.
It simply read, “New Car Owner. Important Info Inside.”
Little did Kevin know just how “important” that info really was…
I bought my daughter, Jada, a used car a couple weeks ago. Since she doesn’t turn 16 until March, I’m driving it to see if there are any kinks to work out before I give it to her. Well, yesterday I’m in it tinkering around and I open this storage compartment on top of the dash (which I’ve opened a half dozen times already). This time I notice a rubber mat in the bottom of it and for whatever reason, I pull it out. To my surprise, I find this envelope with this letter inside. I won’t lie, I shed a few tears.
The letter reads:
To the person that gets this car,