Letters to loved ones

A VERY special post box has been installed at Roucan Loch Crematorium’s Gardens of Remembrance.

It’s for ‘letters to a loved one’ and helps people remember those they have lost in a uniquely personal way, through writing letters, cards and messages and ‘posting them’.

Crematorium manager Ruth Jardine came up with the concept during the pandemic and stressed every letter is treated with the utmost respect and confidentiality - it is never opened or read and is interred in The Forest of Remembrance.

Ruth, pictured, said: “Grief is a very personal journey with no specific time limit. Having seen how our unique approach of helping people connect with their loved one can have such a positive impact, we have chosen to make the post box a permanent feature at Roucan Loch which is available to all, regardless of when their loved one passed away or where the funeral service took place.”

Letters can be placed in the post box daily between 10 am and 4 pm.

Ruth hopes that the act of writing down feelings and sharing thoughts on paper may bring some comfort to those bereaved.