The news last week brought a story about a Nevada woman who received a letter from her father almost 70 years after he wrote it.
It wasn't the postal service that caused the delay. In fact, no one is exactly sure what circumstances led to the letter being stored in a box in a house in St. Louis, but Donna Gregory found the letter and spent the past 14 years trying to find its rightful owner. Finally, she located Peggy Eddington-Smith who had been a tiny baby when her father wrote the letter to her.
It was World War II, and Pfc. John Eddington was stationed in Texas when he wrote the letter to the daughter he would never get a chance to see. Shortly after he sent the letter, he was sent overseas and died in Italy. His Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals were found with the letter and also returned to his daughter.
Peggy had once lived in St. Louis, and her mother, who died in 1997, had never remarried.
According to an Associated Press story, Eddington-Smith said getting her father's medals was nice, but the letter meant more because it made her feel closer to her him.
oh that is an amazing story, well done for the people who went out of the way to finally see the letter delivered
ReplyDeleteAll the more reason to send and receive more cards to everyone you know...like the proverbial message in the bottle, cards and letters in the post can have deeper meanings.
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