Note found inside balloon from grieving boy who hoped it would reach his father in heaven

The boy's heartbreaking note to his late father, which was found inside a helium balloon along with a photograph.

A little boy's heartbreaking Christmas note to his late father that had been placed in a helium balloon in the hope it would reach his dad in heaven, has landed in the garden of a Monroe, Georgia woman.

The handwritten card was accompanied by a photograph of the child and two adults who are likely to be his parents.

In it, the boy wished his father a Merry Christmas, sweetly asking him to "tell God to give me those presents".

"Dad, I wish you were so we could have fun together. I wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope you tell God to give me those presents.

"I hope you are happy in heaven. If you are OK then tell me. I love you, Alexander," it read.

***Update!!! The mother of this boy has reached out to me. She was very touched by my post, and did relay it's message...

Posted by Suzanne Womac Edwards on Tuesday, 6 December 2016

The accompanying photograph showed the boy beaming as he sat a table with his happy parents.

Mother-of-two Suzanne Womac Edwards found the balloon in her backyard and was reduced to tears.

She shared its contents on Facebook in the hope of tracing the child to let him know his father was OK as he'd asked.

"To Alexander, I want you to know that Heaven is a wonderful place, more amazing than you or I can even imagine.

"It is a place where there is no pain and no worries. I am certain that your daddy didn't want to leave you or cause you to feel lonely or sad. But in Heaven, he is ok and he is happy.

"He wants you to be happy too! He will always love you and I am sure that you make him proud! Have a Merry Christmas!!" she wrote.

Suzanne Womac Edwards wasn't sure if she should share her discovery but felt she needed to reach out to Alexander.

Edwards' post has been shared hundreds of times by well-wishers across the country who are eager to answer the boy's Christmas wish.

Explaining why she had chosen to share her discovery and risk disappointing the child, she added: "I was hesitant but the last line read 'if you are ok please tell me'.

"I just couldn't let that go unanswered. I'd like him to think the balloon reached heaven and fell to me so that I could let him know. I hope it wasn't a mistake!"

Others urged her not to try to find the boy, suggesting it would "crush him" to know the letter hadn't reached his father as he'd hoped.

"My daughters did this after their father passed away. Although, I do understand wanting to contact this little guy and talking to him, please let this little guy believe that his letter reached his father in heaven. If you haven't been there, you don't realise what this means to him," said one woman.