Blast from the past.

I guess my mom was cleaning out their house a couple of weeks ago, and she mailed me a little something that she found while cleaning. Apparently I wrote it when I was a teenager, although I have no real recollection of actually writing it.

Here's what it says:

"Dear Sir:

I am writing this letter requesting a raise in my allowance. First of all, two years ago you gave your oldest daughter a $10 raise, and as it says in James 2:9, "but if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers." Why do I need more money you say? Because with being a teenager you are invited to more birthday parties, movies, and plus the more money you give me the more I can spend for one of your presents. :-)

Also I have gone on more vacations this summer, in which of course you want to buy souvenirs and such. Luke 6:38a says, "give, and it will be given to you." Therefore, when you give to me the Lord will bless you and as it says in Acts 20:35b, "it is more blessed to give than to receive."

I believe giving me a raise is probably in your best interest, because who knows when you'll be walking down the aisle of Ace Hardware and all of a sudden you see a wrench for $9.99. You are so captivated by this wrench's wrenchiness that you simply must have it. So you go to the checkout stand, and the cashier brings your total to $10.62, but all you have is a ten dollar bill that if you had given to me you would have known right from the start that you couldn't have the wrench but now you are completely humiliated because you do not have enough money to pay for the wrench.

Therefore I believe that it is in yours and my best interest to give me a raise.

Your youngest daughter,

Cori Smith" (signed in my most perfect cursive handwriting)

Wow. Look what my Christian education got me - a raise in my allowance!!

This is why I hate throwing stuff away. I opened this letter and immediately busted out laughing. I really like keeping old letters...