Your's, Mine and Ours to Share (Riddle)

I am the truth,
and yet a lie.
I am the word
sent from above.

It shows three,
and yet is one.
The past, the past, the past,
and the present and the future.

Many people
inspired by one.
Who? Who? Who
is the mighty one?

I know you.
Your touch, you smell,
It clings to me.

Your tears of joy
and sadness linger in me.
Your history is in me.
The love, the sadness, the passion.

I am
the truth,
the lie,
the word sent from above.

Andrea (Acrostic)

Athletic
Not Judgemental
Direct yet kind about the things she says
Reaches out to those in need
Ecstatic about her faith
Attentive to her education

The Shooting Star

Persuasive Letter to Parent

Andrea Hunt  

21480 W. 123^rd Terrace

Olathe, KS 66061

March 31, 2011

Kathey and Tom Hunt

21480 W. 123^rd Terrace

Olathe, KS 66061

Dear Mom and Dad:

            Don’t you get frustrated when you have four kids that need to be chauffeured and they all have a place to be at the same time? There is a perfect solution to this; let others especially teenage friends who can drive, drive me around. First, it gives me an opportunity to be more social. Second, it gives you more time to yourself because you don’t have to chauffer me around. I believe that you should let me be in the car with other teenagers and a teen driving because I can be more social and you would get more time to yourself.

            Now you might say this is too risky. Most automobile accidents happen with a teenager in the car and when they are driving. You might also think that if you are not the one driving you won’t know exactly where I am. There are easy solutions to these concerns. First let me have a cell phone that way you know where I am at all times and second trust me and give me an opportunity to be responsible. Also we could set boundaries so I am safer when the teenager is driving. With these solutions the problems aren’t as great.

            Letting me in the car with a teenage driver gives me an opportunity to be social. Are you not always saying, “Andrea you need to socialize more, go hang out with some friends”? Well letting other teenagers drive me around would be a perfect opportunity. I’d get to go to more places and meet new friends. There would never be an excuse that I couldn’t get a ride because my parents couldn’t drive me. Socializing helps both you and me out. First, I am not in the house as much so you don’t have to worry about me. Most importantly however, I would develop more. This is one of the reasons to consider for letting other teenagers drive me.

            You also benefit from this because you would get more time to yourself. “How?” you might ask. Well, first you wouldn’t have to chauffer me around. This gives you more time to yourself to look for a job or spend more time with the other kids and it takes me off your hands. You will also get more time to help the other children. Most importantly, I won’t be home to cause trouble with the other kids. I have shown in the past months that I can be responsible and trustworthy. I believe that this benefits you and you should let this happen.

            Mom and dad, I know you want me to socialize more and I know that it sometimes annoys you to drive me around. By letting me be driven by other teenagers all these problems could be fixed. Please let me be driven by other teenagers because I could socialize more and it would give you more time to yourself because you wouldn’t have to chauffer me.

From your loving daughter,

Andrea Hunt