A California man received an unexpected message from his late parents after a postcard they mailed from Denmark finally arrived 26 years later. Bob Sheppard opened his mailbox in Long Beach on August 5 and found a weathered postcard sent by his parents during a trip to Copenhagen in 2000. Article continues after adSadly, neither of his parents lived to see the postcard reach its destination. Sheppard still has a board covered with pages from his parents’ passports and photos from their many adventures. Whatever the explanation, Sheppard believes the postcard reached him at the right time.