Rules
by carolynholm
Dear Mommy,
Am I a Korean Pop Star?
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Where on earth did you get that idea?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Molly used to say that you call me that.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
I have no idea what she was talking about. I would love to get inside your little heads one day to see how you all actually see the world.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
She pointed out that when you tell me something is OK, you say “K Pop.” Molly said that’s Korean pop music.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Oh. Okay. Sometimes Molly was very literal.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
But she was really smart. And she had a lot of rules.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
True, she did have a lot of rules. That’s because she was a Terrier. But some of her rules were a bit on the eccentric side.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Like the one about tapping her food bowl before each bite.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That was an odd one. That’s because Molly had OCD.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
You say that like I should know what that is!!!!!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She had strange behaviors that she was compelled to do, even if they made no sense. That was one of them.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
She told me all her rules before she died. One was about killing rats, which was “Shake him hard and then drop him fast before he bites you.” And rules for barking at people in the front yard, like “Don’t bark at the garbage guys, because they don’t bother us, but always bark at the delivery people because they ring the doorbell.”
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Those were good rules. I’m glad she passed them along to you.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
But why just doorbell people? I bark at anyone who walks by. Especially if they have a dog.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No kidding. And that’s really annoying. I’d prefer that you stick to Molly’s rules.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
It’s like Molly is still with us!!!!!!!!!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That’s a good thing.
Love, Carolyn
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