The Economic Times

'Postcard from heaven, a treasure': California man finds a message from his late parents mailed 26 years ago from Denmark, leaving Bob Sheppard stunned by emotional surprise

A California man received an emotional surprise when a postcard his late parents mailed from Denmark in 2000 finally arrived at his Long Beach home 26 years later. Bob Sheppard immediately recognized the message from his parents, who have both since died. What appeared to be a simple piece of long-lost mail quickly became a priceless family keepsake, with Sheppard calling the unexpected delivery a postcard from heaven.