Carolyn Holm

Dear Mom,
Sometimes I don’t know what you are going on about. Like when you laugh loudly.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Dogs don’t really have a sense of humor.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Humor is when one of us falls down?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
What?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
You laughed when Winston fell off the windowsill. 
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
That really was funny. He got startled, and jumped straight up in the air. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
And that’s funny?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
And when he came back down, he slipped right off the windowsill. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
And that’s funny?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It was pure slapstick. I usually prefer more intelligent humor, but that one made me laugh out loud. I guess you could say it tickled my funny bone.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
You don’t always make sense. 
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy
That’s ok.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
There’s another one I don’t get. About the cat storms.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
The cat storms? 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
The cat storms. They talk about them on tv.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Maybe I missed that item. It was something about a lot of cats?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Three cats. That may turn into four.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Wait, are you talking about Cat 4 Hurricanes?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,             
Yes! A bunch of cats in a storm!!!! The newsman said they are dangerous! It sounds alarming!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Sweetie, you don’t need to worry about them. We don’t have hurricanes in Berkeley.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s a big relief!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Do you have any other burning questions?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Burning????????
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Well then, any regular questions?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Yes!!!!! Who is the it guy?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
The it guy? 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Yes!!! Who is it? You said he’s a wizard!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I don’t know what you are talking about, sweetie.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Yes you do. You said we should all be thanking our it guy.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Oh, our IT guy! Alec!
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s what I said. Our it guy.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I get it now. But we’re talking “IT” not “it”. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s what I said.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
IT stands for Information Technology.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
How are we supposed to know that?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It’s ok, all you need to know is that our IT guy is a friend named Alec who helps us with our blog’s technical issues. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
And he’s a wizard.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
And he’s a wizard.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
And he’s fine with being called an it guy?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Let’s hope so.
Love, Carolyn

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