Carolyn Holm

Hey Winston,
Why don’t you ever sit on the very top of the Cat Tree?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Puffin says that was Mia’s perch.
Winston

Dear Winston,
No one else can go up there?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
No!!!! Only Mia.
Winston  

Dear Winston,
Do you know who Mia was?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
I know all about her!!!!! Everyone talks about Mia. I’m her replacement. Puffin say I’m her Evil Twin.
Winston

Dear Winston,
That’s a good one.
Love, Carolyn 

Hey Mom,
Puffin said it was hella sad when she was gone.
Winston

Dear Winston
It was. I was heartbroken, and I wanted to adopt another cat as soon as possible. We found you a month later.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Puffin says she was hugely popular.
Winston

Dear Winston,
She was indeed. She had a way of sitting up on her haunches and waving her paws that seduced everyone.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
That sounds really hard to do.
Winston

Dear Winston,
She was a very athletic cat.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
I’m not going to do that.
Winston

Dear Winston,
That’s ok, you don’t have to be just like her. You couldn’t be anyway. Mia was uniquely herself. Just like you are uniquely yourself.
Love, Carolyn

Hey,
But, I sleep in her bed.
Winston

Dear Winston,
You do. And you went straight for it when you first came here! You were just a kitten – I don’t know how you knew that particular one was to be your bed!
Love, Carolyn

Hey,
It’s the Meezer Bed.
Winston

Dear Winston,
But it looks just like all the other round cat beds in the house. They are all interchangeable. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
That one is nearest you when you sleep. Puffin doesn’t sleep there. It was Mia’s spot.
Winston

Dear Winston,
So, when you came to live here, you just knew. You went straight for Mia’s bed. The Meezer bed.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
She was a Meezer. I’m a Meezer. We are alike. Hella alike.
Winston

Dear Winston,
Like twins. Maybe Puffin is right. Maybe you are her Evil Twin.
Love, Carolyn

Hey,
I’m EVIL!!!!!!! 
Winston

Dear Winston,
You like that, don’t you?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
YES! I’m the Evil Twin!!!!!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Mia wasn’t always an angel. She could be quite mischievous. Maybe you two aren’t so different.
Love, Carolyn

Hey,
But she was a different Meezer color.
Winston

Dear Winston,
She was a Lynx Point Siamese. You are a Seal Point Siamese. Siamesers come in various colors.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
And, she had a ring-tail! I wish I had a ring-tail!
Winston

Dear Winston,
That did make her special.
Love, Carolyn

Hey,
Still, we’re both in the Meezer Club.
Winston 

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