EDMOND, Okla. — An anonymous letter penned to the principal of Clegern Elementary noted that an act of deviance was born out of desperation, but the person still wanted to apologize for what they had done. Affiliate KFOR reports that Clegern principal Teri Cowden-Draper received the letter on Friday where someone took responsibility for stealing a carton of chocolate milk in 1958.
Principal Cowden-Draper shared the letter with her students on Friday at an assembly, an excerpt from the letter reads:
“I have recently returned to church after a 25-year absence. One of the many things I asked God’s forgiveness for was this: stealing a carton of chocolate milk when I was in grade school there in 1958. I’m the oldest of six children and we didn’t have a dime to send with me to school.”
The contrite person also included $100 to pay for the milk and forgiveness after so many years had passed.
“To have held on to this for all these years, and to pay it back this way is a lesson to all of us,” principal Cowden-Draper told KFOR.
The writer requested that the money go towards a student or student’s family that needs some small financial assistance. The principal said that the students will decide how the $100 is used.
