Single mother with 4 kids buys used car: Owner tells her to look in trunk when she gets home – Story of the day

A single mother of four decided to buy a used car to drive to work. The vehicle’s former owner asked her to open the trunk when she got home. What she found in the trunk would change her life.

Jennifer was a single mother of four young children. Her husband, Adam, left her when he discovered she was pregnant with their fourth child.

“Another child to feed? No way! I’ve had enough!” she said one day. Then she left her trailer and filed for divorce.

Jennifer was devastated. She and Adam had not planned the pregnancy, but the mother thought she would have her support during such a difficult time, especially since they were already facing financial difficulties.

After their separation, the man stopped giving her money for their children. He told her that he was unemployed and that no one would hire him because he had not graduated from university.

Shortly after giving birth, Jennifer had no choice but to look for work as she was running out of money for food, diapers and milk.

The mother walked through strips of restaurants and shops, only to be turned away by owners because she had four small children.

“It’s hard to hire mothers with small children because something always comes up. Either your child is sick or you don’t have anyone to leave them with, so you have to miss work. I’m sorry, it’s just too much to deal with,” one employer told her directly.

Since no one in her neighborhood would take her for a job, Jennifer began looking around in a nearby city. With the little money she had left, she took a taxi and asked her neighbors to babysit her children in the afternoon.

When she got there, she saw a vacancy for a housekeeping job at a local hotel. She walked in, applied, and was hired immediately.

“We need a lot of staff around here, especially with the summer season. We will be full in a couple of weeks,” the human resources manager told him.

Desperate for a job, Jennifer accepted it, even though it would mean having to travel to a different city every day. She thanked the HR manager and returned home, where she told her children that she had finally landed a job.

After spending nearly $30 on taxi fare, the mother realized she couldn’t afford to commute to work every day.

It would be better for her to take her own car, but she didn’t have the money to buy one. She realized that her best hope was to acquire a second-hand car.

She found one, but wondered if the owner would be willing to sell it for a lower price. “By any chance, could you give me this car for $5000? You see, I am a single mother with four children and it has been difficult for me to make money.”

“I was hoping to buy a car to take a job in a nearby city,” he admitted.

When the owner found out that she was raising four small children alone, he agreed to sell the car for $5,000. “If you can buy the car by tomorrow, I can give it to you for $5,000,” he told her.

Jennifer couldn’t be more grateful to the owner for agreeing to sell her the car at a lower price. She took a risk and applied for a loan from the bank so she could buy the car the next day.

Unfortunately, due to her bad credit, the loan was immediately rejected. As she was running out of options, Jennifer thought deeply about what to do next.

She couldn’t move to a new city because her oldest son, Edgar, had just started school near the trailer park they lived in.

Rent in the nearby town was also much more expensive and she wouldn’t be able to take the trailer with her. She really needed a car to get to and from work and pick up her kids from school and daycare.

Then she remembered the family heirloom her late mother had left her: a gold chain necklace that had been in her family for generations.

She cried at the thought of having to sell it to buy a car, but she desperately needed it to support her children in the long term.

Jennifer grabbed the gold chain necklace from her trinket box and walked to a nearby pawn shop. “I’m sorry, Mom. I really need to do this right now,” she said out loud.

When she arrived at the pawn shop and showed the necklace, she was told it was valued at $5,500. Jennifer was thrilled. The amount was enough to buy the car and would leave her with something left over for her daily needs.

The next day, he returned to the used car dealership and handed the owner an envelope containing $5,000. “Thank you for agreeing to sell this to me, sir. You have no idea how much this will help me and my children,” he said as he handed the envelope to the man.

The owner, who introduced himself as Jefferson, smiled. “Congratulations. This is an excellent purchase,” he said.

As Jennifer signed the paperwork for the car, the man discreetly placed something in the trunk. And when she got into the vehicle, he said to her:

“By the way, check the trunk of your car when you get home. I left a present for your children inside,” the man said. Then he said goodbye.

Since Jennifer bought the car, she had been so busy commuting to work and taking her kids to school and daycare that she completely forgot to check the trunk—until she found a note in the glove compartment of the car.

“I hope this gift will be of great help to you and your children,” the note said. Then she opened the trunk to look for the gift.

At first, Jennifer was confused when she saw only a white envelope on the side of the trunk. Then she realized it was the same white envelope she had used to pay for the car. She opened it and saw her $5,000 intact.

The mother couldn’t help but cry at that moment, shocked by the man’s kind gesture. She drove straight to the used car dealership after work, where she thanked Jefferson for his generosity.

“The world throws challenges at you, and it’s up to you to overcome them or succumb to them. I’m proud of you for staying strong for your kids, and I thought you could use the money more than I could. Just remember to always do good,” the man told her.

What can we learn from this story?

• Compassion goes a long way. Jefferson owned a used car dealership and made a lot of money, while Jennifer was a single mother with four small children. After the man found out about this, he decided to help her.
• If there’s a will, there’s a way. Jennifer was determined to work hard to be able to provide for her children. She did everything she could to make this happen, even after countless rejections and obstacles along the way.

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