When the child asked her where her daddy lives so she could post the heartbreaking note to him, Sarah had to think on her feet and replied: “Heaven, on Cloud Nine,” LeicestershireLive reports.

The little girl wrote the letter in private, and Sarah has no idea what is written inside but they posted it in a letterbox near their home in Bewicke Road, Braunstone.

Sianna’s Father passed away accidentally eight years ago when she was just four months old.

“As she gets older, she is becoming more aware and inquisitive about him”, Sarah said.

Tony Tully and his daughter

The eight-year-old often writes to Tony Tully to say “I love you and I miss you”

Now, every Christmas, birthday and Father’s day, she writes a letter to her Dad.

Talking about the newly discovered letter, Sarah said: “Sianna just came into the room that evening and asked ‘where does Daddy live?’ so she could write the address to a letter she had written.

“I have no idea what is in it, I always say that’s between her and her dad.

“I told her it was too late to post it at first but she started crying, so I said ‘come on then’ and we walked to the post box down the street.”

“As she gets older, she is becoming more aware and inquisitive about him”, Sarah said.

Now, every Christmas, birthday and Father’s day, she writes a letter to her Dad.

Talking about the newly discovered letter, Sarah said: “Sianna just came into the room that evening and asked ‘where does Daddy live?’ so she could write the address to a letter she had written.

“I have no idea what is in it, I always say that’s between her and her dad.

“I told her it was too late to post it at first but she started crying, so I said ‘come on then’ and we walked to the post box down the street.”

Sarah didn’t think much of it until a local postman, who was deeply moved by the letter as he too had lost his dad, took to social media to appeal for the girl’s family so he could “sort out a little something for the child”.

He wrote: “I’m a postman in the Braunstone area. Earlier today I emptied the red pillar box on Bewicke Road and there was a letter in a child’s handwriting addressed to their dad in Heaven, Cloud 9.

“I’m trying to find the parents of the child as I would like to reach out to them and with their permission sort out a little something for the child.

“I myself lost my dad last year and as an adult found it hard, so I can only imagine what this child is going through.”

Sarah became aware of the post after she started to receive dozens of tags on Facebook.

She said: “I couldn’t believe what I saw”.

“I am absolutely overwhelmed by the response of the postman and of everyone who has seen the post.

“I haven’t stopped crying since. I never thought for one second that anyone would find it or do anything with it.

“I just thought it would go in the bin.”

Sarah has now been able to get in touch with the postman and says they had the most “wonderful” conversation.

She is now planning to print out the heart-warming social media comments to create a memory box for Sianna to cherish when she is older

‘Emotional’

The postman, who does not wish to be named, said he had found the letter inside a post box in Braunstone while working overtime on a route he does not usually cover.

He said he was “taken aback” when he read it, after losing his own father last year.

“Obviously without a stamp or an actual address on it, if it got put in with the rest of the stuff to be delivered it would just end up getting thrown away in transit somewhere,” he said.

“I spoke to my manager and asked if I could try to get hold of the family to find out more about it and get it back to them.”

He posted a picture of the letter on Facebook where it attracted thousands of comments.

Within 15 minutes he had been put in touch with Ms Sarah Tully and arranged to take the unopened letter to her.

Ms Tully said she had been “just overwhelmed” by the social media reaction.

“I never thought this would happen. I’m in shock,” she said.

She said her daughter had lost her father Tony when she was just four months old.

She said she had “really struggled” without him and posting letters to him, telling him she loves and misses him, helped her to cope.

“She was so small and she’s only just starting to understand,” she said.

“I think this year it might have hit her the hardest because she was more emotional.”

She added she was going to keep the letter – along with prints of the social media comments – in a special box for her daughter when she is older.