China girl writes love messages to late grandpa, leads to calls for better grief education
11-year-old who seldom talks about her late grandfather uses phone watch to send him ‘I miss you’ texts, details of her daily life
An 11-year-old girl in China who often sends text messages to her dead grandfather has moved millions of internet users in the country.
According to a report by media outlet The Cover, the girl’s mother known as Han, who lives in the southwestern Sichuan province, discovered the messages on her daughter’s phone-watch.
The little girl has a careless personality and seldom talks about the grandfather’s death.
As a result, Han was surprised and touched when she found the messages. She later shared them on social media and gave her reflections on her daughter’s education.
“She was only nine years old when her grandfather died. She has never taken an initiative to talk about her grandfather since then,” said a tearful Han in a video.