Not Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Galactic Objects

Once every couple years or so, you may hear of a youngster writing a letter to Santa, and a lovely creative response by the US Postal Service.  And those are sweet feel-good stories that we all eat up this time of year.  But this Shout-Out goes out to the UK's Royal Mail, and the imagination and sensitivity shown by one of its employees.

Seems young Jase Hyndman wrote a letter to his father who had passed away, and sent it via Royal Mail, requesting, "Mr. Postman, can you take this to heaven for my dads birthday.  Thanks."

And from Royal Mail, Jase received this response:

"Dear Jase, while we've been delivering your post, we've become aware of some concerns.  So I just wanted to take this opportunity to contact you about how we succeeded in the delivery of the letter to your dad in heaven. This was a difficult challenge avoiding stars and other galactic objects on route to heaven."

"However please be assured that this particular important item of mail has been delivered.  I will continue to do all I can to ensure delivery to heaven safely."  The letter was signed by Sean Milligan, assistant delivery office manager for Royal Mail.

Jase's mother, Teri Copland, shared on Facebook:

"A few weeks ago my 7 year old son posted this card to his dad in heaven and today he got a lovely reply from the postman.  I actually cannot state how emotional he is knowing his dad got his card... you didn’t have to make the effort to do this you could have just ignored it but the fact that yous have made the effort for a little boy you've never met is such a lovely thing to do.  Royal Mail you've just restored my faith in humanity and thank you it honestly means the world to him please share this so all the staff at Royal Mail know just how greatful [sic] we are."

Sean Milligan and Royal Mail, thank you for your kindness, and the opportunity for this blogger to segue gracefully into the holiday season.  It is my hope that our society can recover the angels of its better nature, if not permanently, then at least until the end of this year.  May we all be blessed.

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