Carolyn Holm

One Dog, Two Cats
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InterSpecies Memos

Category: Poppy

Assigned Beds

Dear Mom,Sometimes Winston sleeps in the Death Bed.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,There is no death bed, sweetie. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He sleeps in Mia’s bed. Puffin says that’s the Death Bed.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,No honey, there is no death bed. I thought we all settled that. Just because Mia died after she slept in that bed doesn’t […]

Compromise

Dear Poppy,You seem to have real preferences about where to go on our walks.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Oh no, isn’t that okay?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Of course it’s ok, sweetie. Don’t worry about it. I just notice, for instance, that there’s a corner we come to where I always want to turn right and you always pull […]

Trick or Treat!

Dear Mom,What is happening in our neighborhood!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Nothing unusual, as far as I know. Is there something I should be aware of?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Molly warned me about this.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,She did? That’s never a good sign. About what?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Three things actually. For one thing she said that you were […]

Wild Dog

Dear Mom,I’m ready to go up on the Ridge now!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,The Ridge is up in the mountains, sweetie.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I know!!!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,We can’t go today, we just got back from the cabin yesterday.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,We can’t go today?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,No sweetie. It’s a four-hour drive.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I […]

Violence

Dear Mom,Why were you yelling at the TV?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I wasn’t yelling. That was vocal exasperation. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You said you wanted to stab that man.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I did. He has it coming.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That’s violent!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Don’t worry, sweetie, I’m not really violent. I just get frustrated at the people in […]

Walking Shoes

Dear Mom,You’ve changed out of your sweatpants! Maybe we’re going for our walk now!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Not now, sweetie, but soon.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Now you’re brushing your hair. That could mean a number of things.  XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I brush it every day. Go back to sleep, sweetie. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You are taking off your […]

Flu Shot

Dear Poppy,It can’t be that bad.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I feel TERRIBLEPoppy Dear Poppy,You’re being a Drama Queen.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Why did you take me there?Poppy Dear Poppy,That was just your annual check-up.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,The vet people hurt me.Poppy Dear Poppy,No they didn’t. It was just a flu shot, sweetie. You might be a little […]

Words

Dear Mom,Why do humans throw away old words?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,We do?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You do! XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Which old words would these be?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Words you get in the mail. XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,And they are old?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Sometimes you throw away words before they get old. You read and read and then […]

PTSD

Dear Mom,Why do you tell everyone that I have PTSD?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I don’t tell everyone, sweetie. But sometimes it comes up when I’m explaining why you are so wary when you meet new people. And so reactive.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,But I don’t know what it means.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It just means you had a bad […]

Neighbors

Dear Mom,The water dish in the garden is full of soup!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It does look like that. But it doesn’t look very appetizing. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Who did that??????? XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Someone who wanted to dip their dinner in some water. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,The crows! They do that all the time!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,True, they do, but […]