Carolyn Holm

Dear Mom,
You’re daughter is here with the little black and white dog.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
You know little Musso.
Love, Carolyn 

Dear Mom
But where is the other dog? Mika, the old lady dog?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I’m so sorry to have to tell you this. Mika had kidney failure, sweetie. She is not with us any longer. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom
She always came with your daughter!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
She did. We are so sad to lose her. It seems strange without her. She was such a strong-minded presence. She will probably come back as a ghost just to stir things up.
Love, Carolyn

Mom!
She is going to be a ghost?????!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Well, a presence, because we will always remember her. But sometimes things have to change. And we still have Musso!
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
The cats are all upset about Musso visiting us.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
They need to calm down. Musso is a sweet dog and he is part of our extended pack. That’s why he is going up to the mountain cabin with us. You two will have a great time racing around the ridge behind the cabin, off leash, acting wolfish.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s my favorite part about the cabin!!!!!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I know it is. I love watching you run like the wind.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
And Musso is a TV star!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
So you heard about his acting job. I’m not sure we can call him a star, but he did get a tv acting job.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
How did he get an acting job??? I want to be an actor!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It’s all who you know, sweetie. I guess we can call him a nepo baby. His dad is working on a true crime show, and they needed a dog to come along and discover a dead body. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom!
There is a dead body???????!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It wasn’t real, sweetie, it was for TV.  They had Musso come along and bark through a fence at the pretend-dead body. As if he were the one who discovered the murder victim. He was exceptional. We’re all very proud of him.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
The cats should come out of your bedroom and get his autograph!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
They don’t care about celebrity. They just regard Musso as part of Team Dog. And they are annoyed by that. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
So they stay in the bedroom.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Right. They feel more secure there. Plus I’ve put a pheromone diffuser in that room. It’s a mother cat’s soothing pheromones, and they find it very comforting.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
I want one of those!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
We all want one of those.
Love, Carolyn 

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Today’s post is dedicated to our dear Mika!

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