Carolyn Holm

Hey Mom,
Puffin says he does the sports. 
Winston

Dear Winston,
He does! He’s quite the athlete when he chases that prey on the end of my wand.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
He insists I don’t know how to do his sport correctly. He says there are fine points in the game that I get completely wrong. He calls me ignorant. Why is Puffin so rude?
Winston

Dear Winston,
He’s not being rude, sweetie, he’s being French. He likes to see things done a certain way. His way is the correct way. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
His sport wasn’t in the Olympics.
Winston

Dear Winston,
No, chasing prey on a wand isn’t yet recognized by the Olympic Committee.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Do I have a sport? 
Winston

Dear Winston,
You do. Unfortunately one of your sports is to destroy paper towel rolls. With rabbit kicks and biting. 
Love, Carolyn

Dude, 
I love the kicking part!!!!! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
I can see that. We need to do a better job of keeping the paper towels out of your reach.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But kicking them is my sport! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
You also do Zoomies. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
That’s a sport? 
Winston

Dear Winston,
Of course it is. When humans do Zoomies, we call it Track and Field. But I think Zoomies is a better name for it. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Poppy says she doesn’t have a sport because she doesn’t do balls. 
Winston

Dear Winston,
I don’t think she has tennis balls in her DNA.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But Poppy says sports always have a ball. 
Winston

Dear Winston,
That’s just misinformation. Sports don’t need to be ball-centric. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
There are so many kinds of sports!!!!!! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
My daughter had to explain several times to her high school teachers that she didn’t go out for one of the school sports because she already had a sport. Ballet. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Ballet is a sport????
Winston

Dear Winston,
Oh yes. It’s definitely athletic. And it’s even sort of Olympics adjacent. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Like Zoomies!!!!! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
Yes! And like a lot of sports, ballet is a team effort. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But Zoomies are not! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
Definitely not when you do them. You would never be mistaken for a team player.
Love, Carolyn

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