A College Student Writes to his Parents...
Published Jan 01, 1900
Dear Mom and Dad, I feel miserable because I have to keep writing for money. I feel ashamed and unhappy. I have to ask for another hundred, but every cell in my body rebels. I beg on bended knee that you forgive me. Your son, P.S. I felt so terrible, I ran after the mailman who picked this up in the box at the corner. I wanted to take this letter and burn it. I hoped earnestly that I could get it back. But it was too late." A few days later he received a letter from his father. It said, "Your hopes were answered. Your letter never arrived!"
Marvin.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
