Boy gets postcard from late father 8 years after it was sent
A 9-year-old boy from Colorado received a heartfelt reminder of just how much his late father loved him.
Joseph Torrez died from a degenerative neurological disorder at age 41 in 2013. Before he passed away, Torrez would send his son, Rowan, postcards from different states he had travelled through.
Last Saturday, Rowan received a postcard in the mail, dated June 10, 2007. It read: “Hello from Pennsylvania! I love you and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy.” It came days before the anniversary of his father’s death.
Rowan did not get a chance to say a final goodbye before his dad died. Julie Van Stone, Rowan’s mother, believes that this was Torrez’s way of contacting Rowan one last time.
“Joseph got that last message out to Rowan – it was in the craziest way, but he did it,” she told Yahoo News. “We have this last little thing from him. It’s truly a gift.”
It's still unclear how the postcard only arrived eight years after it was sent but regardless, Rowan is treasuring this moment.
“It's like a keepsake,” he told KUSA. “I'd say, ‘Thank you.’”
Image credits: Julie Van Stone
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