Binders Full of Dogs
by carolynholm
Dear Mommy,
What is going on!!!!!!!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
You’ll have to be more specific, Honey.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Molly says we’re getting another dog.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
She wasn’t supposed to tell you.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Why not?????? This is serious!!!!!! Puffin says it is Catastrophe.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
It must be to merit all that punctuation. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you two cats to get yourselves all worked up about it.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Worked up? We don’t get worked up!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
When my daughter comes to visit with her dog Mika, you two drama queens act like it’s the end of the world.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Of course we do! That beast has no business here.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Mika is a sweet little dog and she’s part of our extended family.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And that means she gets to be part of our pack?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Yes it does.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy
And now there will be another one?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Yes, Sweetie, it’s been decided. You and Puffin will just have to calm down and get used to the idea.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
How do we know you won’t take in a psychotic killer?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s not going to happen, Sweetie. The dogs that get referred to us are all wonderful. I’m hoping I’ll finally get an animal here who is something close to normal.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I’m hearing sarcasm.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Very perceptive of you. I’d just like to have someone around here who is uncomplicated and cuddly. Puffin allows me to scratch his throat, and he finds me comfy to sleep on, but that’s all pretty self-serving. As for Molly, well, she’s way too busy to cuddle.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Your sister says Molly is on the spectrum.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That was humor. She was referring to the fact that Molly isn’t comfortable being held. If I pick her up she starts thrashing.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
You have me. I cuddle.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Thank you Sweetie, I appreciate that. But your affection is only when and how you choose. And you won’t let me pick you up either.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy
NO ONE is allowed to pick me up. But I sit on you and lick your face.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
And sometimes you have episodes of psychotic rage. I’m not sure I’d ever call you uncomplicated.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
How are you going to find this uncomplicated cuddly creature?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Oh, there are binders full of dogs.
Love, Carolyn
