When Kevin Duke bought his 16-year-old daughter Jada her first car, 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,