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California man gets parents’ postcard 26 years late
Bob Sheppard of Long Beach, California, received a postcard this week that his parents mailed from Copenhagen in 2000, 26 years late, the Economic Times reports. The postcard, postmarked July 2000, bore…
The Story in Brief
Bob Sheppard of Long Beach, California, received a postcard this week that his parents mailed from Copenhagen in 2000, 26 years late, the Economic Times reports. The postcard, postmarked July 2000, bore a Los Angeles postmark dated August 2026. Both Sheppard’s parents, Joanne and John, have since died. He called it 'a postcard from heaven.'
The message read: 'Flying in, we saw lots of water and green, green land everywhere. Love, M&D.' Sheppard’s mail carrier theorised the postcard fell behind a shelf or desk and was only recently rediscovered. Sheppard said the timing was especially emotional because hospital restrictions during the pandemic prevented him from saying goodbye to his father.
The Indian Opinion
The story will inevitably invite claims of a miracle or divine timing. But the more grounded explanation, a lost envelope behind a filing cabinet, is no less remarkable. It reminds us that even bureaucratic systems can yield unexpected human moments. The real question is not how the postcard was lost for 26 years, but how many other quiet messages from the past are waiting to be found in forgotten corners of postal warehouses.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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