Carolyn Holm

Dear Mommy,

What kind of American are you?

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I beg your pardon?

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

I hope you are not just a plain vanilla American.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I have no idea what you are getting at.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

There are African Americans, Chinese Americans, Armenian Americans, Indigenous Americans – the list goes on and on. Puffin says he is French American.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I don’t think so.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

Molly says she is Terrier American.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

Oh please. Come on, you guys.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

Who knows what Poppy is. She’s a mutt, pure and simple. Emphasis on the simple.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

Sorry to break this to you, but she appears to be a Spitz, not a mutt.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

Well I’m pure Siamese. So I guess I’m Siamese American.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

You are a Lynx-point Siamese. Maybe you should call yourself a Lynx-point American.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

That just sounds dumb.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I rest my case.

Love, Carolyn