"My wife, Penny, and I moved to Reigate, Surrey, nearly two years ago to be nearer our grandson, Remy, now aged two-and-a-half, after living in Bristol for about 45 years. We look after him one day a week at his home in south-east London. I would send my last postal letter to him and include a poem that I've already written for him, to try to express how much he means to me and to remind him, should he ever need reminding, that he is loved."
"In essence, it boils down to the need for kindness and a faith that gentleness is a form of strength. The poem harks back to a time before he had words, and includes the lines: And if you miss me when I'm gone/Imagine I'm a robin in a tree,/Just like the one you pointed at today"
The Danish postal service will deliver its final letter at the end of December, redirecting operations toward parcels due to increasing digitalisation. Many people considered how they would use a last postal letter. Philip, 66, retired and recently relocated to be nearer his grandson Remy, cares for him weekly and would send a prewritten poem to convey enduring love and life wisdom. The poem emphasizes kindness and frames gentleness as a form of strength. The poem includes comforting imagery — imagining the sender as a robin in a tree — intended to reassure the child if the sender is absent.
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