Gratitude
by carolynholm
Dear Mia,
What on earth are you doing with my recipe books and magazines?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I’m all excited about Thanksgiving!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s nice, but it’s not really a cat holiday.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I heard it’s all about turkey. Turkey is meat. I like meat. I think Thanksgiving should be a cat holiday!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Thanksgiving isn’t all about turkey, honey. It’s about gratitude.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I’m grateful for meat!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Thanksgiving isn’t about meat, either. It’s about a feast. Vegetarians enjoy feasting too.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
But all we hear is turkey turkey turkey.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Okay, it is a bit turkey centric.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And we have great big gangs of wild turkeys right here in our neighborhood! A whole lot of meat right outside on our street! I’m studying up on cooking one of them.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
First of all, as annoying as they are, we’re not going to go catch a wild turkey. Second, I don’t even cook turkey for Thanksgiving. We go to my sister’s for the feast, and my job is to bring pies.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Do pies have meat in them?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
No, I make one with pumpkin and one with apples.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
No meat? What’s the point? This is such a disappointment.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I’ll make it up to you. You can have some poultry flavored Temptation treats for Thanksgiving.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I still think the neighborhood turkey population needs culling.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
A lot of people would agree with you on that. We’ll try to be grateful that there aren’t more of them.
Love, Carolyn
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