United States Postal Service Grants 7-Year-Old Cancer Patient Honorary Title

Seven-year-old Jacob Hayward receives gifts from his favorite mailman from the United States Postal Service, Van Singletary, at his home in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—Before doctors diagnosed seven-year-old Jacob Hayward with stage four Wilms Tumor, a type of kidney cancer most commonly found in children, he would dress up like a mailman every day to greet the carrier, and then hand the bundle of mail to his mom and dad.

Jamie Hayward, Jacob’s mother, said he immediately runs downstairs to catch the mailman as soon as he hears the truck.