Dear Mom,Today is Black Friday! That’s so exciting!Love, Mia Dear Mia,Exciting? Seriously? Do you even know what Black Friday is?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Not really, but I like that it’s about money – look at all the money I found on Dad’s dresser!Love, Mia Dear Mia,You plan to use that for some Black Friday shopping?Love, Carolyn […]
Dear Mia,That was supposed to be a picture of Poppy. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Oh. Well, now it’s a picture of me!Love, Mia Dear Mia,Just because you are a senior doesn’t mean you can get away with being rude. You had to have noticed that I was taking a picture of Poppy.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I don’t […]
Dear Mia,You ate my yogurt!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Not all of it. Just a little. You ate most of it.Love, Mia Dear Mia,You are not supposed to be eating any of it! I wasn’t finished!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You walked away from it.Love, Mia Dear Mia,I just went to get a glass of water! I left it […]
Dear Mom,This last week was the WORST WEEK EVER!!!!!! We were SO upset.Love, Mia Dear Mia,YOU were upset! Think about Poppy! Both of her beds getting filled with puddles of pee. Each time I cleaned it up, it happened again. I was at my wits end.Carolyn Dear Mom,We couldn’t figure out why you didn’t get […]
Dear Mom,Why do humans worry about Friday the 13th?Love, Mia Dear Mia,Humans are a very superstitious species. Some folks even think black cats are bad luck.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That makes no sense. If a cat wants to be bad luck, it has nothing to do with her color.Love, Mia Dear Mia,You are absolutely right. Go […]
Dear Mia,I heard that there is a recent Japanese study that concludes that cats know their own names!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That’s insulting. Of course we do.Love, Mia Dear Mia,It’s not all that obvious. Cats usually act like they don’t. In fact, the study pointed out that they generally prefer to ignore their humans.Love, Carolyn Dear […]
Dear Mommy,I’ve been trying all evening to get all five of us in the living room. All at the same time.Love, Mia Dear Mia,Why is this so important?Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,It’s a secret.Love, Mia Dear Mia,Well now you’ve brought it up so you’ve got me wondering.Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,If I tell you then you won’t […]
Dear Mommy,I can speak in tongues.Love, Mia Dear Mia,I don’t think you know what that means.Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,It means I speak many languages.Love Mia Dear Mia,Well, no it doesn’t. And I don’t think you do.Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,I speak Feline and English, for starters.Love, Mia Dear Mia,That is pretty much the default around here.Love, […]
Dear Mommy,Happy Summer Solstice!Love, Mia Dear Mia,Thank you! But how do you even know about that?Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,I listen to the radio. To NPR. Just like you do. And I’m so excited!Love, Mia Dear Mia,Excited about the Solstice? Or the radio?Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,About the presents!Love, Mia Dear Mia,What presents?Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,The Summer […]
Dear Mommy,We need some new toys!Love, Mia Dear Mia,You have plenty of toys, sweetie.Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,Poppy destroyed our catnip mouse.Love, Mia Dear Mia,I’m sorry, that was my fault. I let her into the bedroom while you were playing there.Love, Carolyn Dear Mommy,She also shredded the magical flying bird toy.Love, Mia Dear Mia,That’s why I […]
