Heart warming story: I Bought a $12 Prom Dress from a Thrift Store – Inside Was a Note That Changed Three Lives Forever
I was never the loud one. Teachers called me “a bright future” kid behind closed doors. But at home, that promise didn’t go far. Mom stretched every dollar, and Grandma clipped coupons like a sport. Dad left when I was seven, no goodbye—just gone.
So when prom came, I didn’t ask for a dress. I knew the look Mom gave when she wanted to say yes but had to say no. But Grandma wouldn’t let that stop us. “Let’s go treasure hunting,” she said—her word for thrift shopping.
At Goodwill, she searched like a pro. Then I saw it: a midnight blue, lace-trimmed dress that didn’t belong…
