Carolyn Holm

Dear Mommy,

We like the lady who came to feed us, but we didn’t like that she sent you away.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

She didn’t send us away, sweetie. We went away on our own. You saw the suitcases. We went traveling.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

Why would you do that??????

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

To visit friends and see new sights!

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

But we all miss you so much when you go away! Besides, we’re your friends!!!! You should stay with us! You don’t need to go visit other friends.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

That’s sweet. I miss you too when we go away. But we ALWAYS come back.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

Molly used to tell us that predators got you when you went away and didn’t seem to be coming back.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

Please don’t tell Poppy the predators story. She has enough anxieties as it is.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

It’s wrong for you to leave.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

No it’s not, sweetie. And we always arrange to have someone care for you. Cathie is a wonderful pet-sitter!

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

She is nice. She plays with us and she’s more generous with treats than you are.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

I’m glad you have a positive outlook. You’re a cup-half-full kind of girl.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

What do you mean when you say my cup is half-full?

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

Depending on how a person sees life, their cup looks half-full or half-empty. I like that you pretty much see your cup half-full. You have a positive outlook.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

What kind of cup does Puffin have?

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

I’m afraid his seems to be generally half-empty.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

I think Molly’s cup was entirely empty.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

She was a doom and gloom girl, wasn’t she!

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

I don’t think Poppy thinks about it much.

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

She probably doesn’t.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Mommy,

What about your cup?

Love, Mia

 

Dear Mia,

My cup is completely full.

Love, Carolyn

 

 

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