Then they called my name: Prom queen. Me. After the ceremony, my teacher came over. “Where’d you get that dress?” she asked. “It looks just like the one my mom sent me for prom.” “What’s your name?” “Eleanor,” she said. “But people call me Ellie.” My heart stopped. I gave her the note. She cried. “She came back for me.”
The next day, we drove six hours to the address. A woman answered the door and whispered, “Ellie?” before they collapsed into each other’s arms. Before I left, Ellie’s mom gave me a check for $20,000. “You gave us a second chance,” she said. “Let us help you start your first.”
The money changed my life. But the real gift was finding a message meant for someone else—meant to be found. Because sometimes, a dress isn’t just a dress.
Sometimes, it carries a miracle.