'Postbox To Heaven': Reconnecting with loved ones - A 10-year-old schoolgirl's dream come true

In cemeteries around UK, a young girl's dream of a "postbox to heaven"—where she could write to her grandparents—has come true. 10-year-old Matilda Handy came up with suggestion after both her grandparents died, five years apart. When Leanne, her mor, brought up idea to Gedling Crematorium in Nottingham last year, y enthusiastically embraced it, erecting an antique post box decorated in white and gold just in time for holidays. y have now been implemented at 40 locations throughout England, Scotland, and Wales because poignant project proved to be so successful.

Tribute to Grandparents

One reason first "Letters to Heaven" box was so poignant was because Matilda's grandmor was a postal worker. In first box, which was intended to console relatives missing loved ones on anniversaries and holidays, more than 100 letters were placed soon after installation. Since n, funeral directors in UK have embraced concept as well, and Leanne claims that or nations are following suit.

First Box Received Positive Feedback

Many individuals find great solace in sending something to ir loved ones during Christmas season, wher it be a child's picture or an elderly person's gift. This facilitates procedure. first box received positive feedback, which led Westerleigh Group, one of biggest independent crematoria and cemetery owners and operators in UK, to pledge to install memorial post boxes at all of its locations by end of year. It is estimated by group that approximately 3,000 letters, cards, and messages have been placed inside memorial post boxes up to this point. 

In dition, schoolgirl wrote to King Charles asking if he would consider placing one outside Buckingham Palace in remembrance of deceased family members Princess Diana, Prince Phillip, and late Queen.