Ben and I spent today going through all the various drawers and closets in the house and getting rid of stuff we don't need any more. We found some pretty ancient treasures:
The best thing we found was a letter from Ben's grandparents accompanying a gift card they sent him in college:
Dear Ben,
You can use this card at any Harvard/MIT Coop store. The magnetic strip "knows" that it is for $25, but also keeps track of what you spend until $25 is reached. So if you spend $3 you won't get any change, but the card will now be for $22. I thought it would come with your name on it but since it doesn't, anyone could use it if lost of stolen. So you'd better spend it fast either for food for your brain or food for your body or anything else that hits your fancy.
Love,
Grand Mom and Grand Dad
My favorite part of this letter is imagining the phone call(s?) between Ben's grandparents and some hapless Coop employee to get all of those details sorted out. I'm sure one day we'll send our grandchild an equally adorable letter explaining in painstaking detail how to use the neurotransplant credits or whatever we just sent them!
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