Amid all the positive reports from card retailers about the success of Mother’s Day this year (https://www.pgbuzz.net/mothers-day-keeps-the-spring-in-the-step-of-card-retailers/), the story of one little girl’s card went off the emotional scale.
Four-year-old Ella Lennon, who lost her mother Jennifer to cancer last December, posted her Mother’s Day card to her ‘Mummy in Heaven’. The card, which was Despicable Me-themed, featuring one of the Minion characters from the film, included the message ‘You’re one in a minion Mum…Happy Mother’s Day…I love you, Ella x’.
Two days after posting her card from her home town Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, thanks to a kind gesture from someone at Royal Mail, little Ella received a heart-warming response. It said: ‘To my beautiful Ella. Thank you so much for my very special Mother’s Day card. You’re one in a minion to me and I love you very, very much. Millions and billions and trillions is how much I love you! You are growing up to be a special big girl and I am so proud of you, and even though I am in heaven I watch over you every day! Lots of love, hugs and kisses, Mummy.’
The letter’s envelope included the return address of ‘1 Angel Gate, In the clouds, Heaven.’
Ella’s father Dean took to social media to thank the thoughtful individual at Royal Mail for sending the response that means so much to his daughter. ‘I would like to thank the kind-hearted person at Royal Mail.’
Ella’s auntie Linda Ross (and sister of her mummy) was also full of praise for the Royal Mail gesture sharing images and the story on her Twitter feed.
Media all over the world has latched onto this true tale of such human kindness at a time of loss for Ella and her family. It shows a single Mother’s Day card can make a difference to so many people’s lives.
Top: A photo of little Ella Lennon posting her Mother’s Day card was featured on her Auntie Linda’s Twitter feed.