Jeannie Healy discovered the £10 and the touching note in a ‘with sympathy’ card at Card Factory in Chineham (Picture: Solent News)

A woman was overcome with emotion when she discovered a touching note and a £10 note in a ‘with sympathy’ card she was buying.

Jeannie Healy, 58, was at Card Factory in Chineham looking for cards to give to her family following the death of her uncle.

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After picking out the first card, she was shocked to discover someone had put £10 along with a heartwarming note inside.

The handwritten note read: ‘Sorry you are having to look for this card. Have a coffee and bite to eat on me.’


It also encourages the person to ‘pay it forward one day’ and signs off with ‘much love’.

Jeannie Healy, 58, had been looking for the cards to give to family members following the death of her uncle (Picture: Solent News)

Mrs Healy, from Basingstoke, was so taken aback when she saw it and was left feeling emotional after finding the generous gift.



She said: ‘I was dumbfounded and looked around because I thought someone was pranking me.

‘I was taken aback, it was quite an emotional moment because it was such a selfless thing to do – nobody expects to open a card in a shop and find that.

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‘There’s no name on the note and there’s no way to find out who is responsible, I can only thank them for being so selfless.

She added that she would get herself something to eat and drink as the note suggests but will also donate £10 to charity.

A spokeswoman from the story said they were aware she had found it and called it a ‘nice gesture.’