Carolyn Holm

Dear Mom,
Winston keeps trying to get into my basket with me.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
That’s so sweet! He wants to sleep with you!
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
I don’t do that!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I’ve noticed. You jump right out of your bed when Winston jumps in. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Yes! Because a bed should be for one of us at a time.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
You could try it. Sleeping with him. Having a nice snuggle together. Maybe you’d like it.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
I know what I like.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
You do indeed. Well, at least you two play together.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
He stops playing when I take his toy.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I think that’s because you bark loudly and grab his toy from him.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s how I play!!!!!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Yes, but it’s not how cats play. Maybe you could learn some cat games.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
There are cat games?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Of course there are. There’s the game where you gallop from room to room with the toy in your mouth. And then stop and bat it around. That’s a game you can join in. You could race around with him. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
We do! I play that game already! But sometimes he won’t play it with me.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
So, maybe cut out the barking. Winston finds that alarming, and it drives us nuts. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
There are so many rules.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
That’s just something you have to live with when you live with cats. Cats have a lot of rules.
Love, Carolyn

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