Carolyn Holm

Hey Mom,
We’re having a Valentine moment!
Winston

Dear Winston,
Yes you are! I love that you all get along so well. You three are so sweet!
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Mostly.
Winston

Dear Winston,
Well okay, Puffin tells you to get lost when you jump on the bed. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
He wants you all to himself!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
He’s an old guy, and his health isn’t very good, so sometimes I give him a pass on grouchiness. You still get to be on the bed, just not on my lap.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
And Poppy isn’t always sweet. She likes to bark. That startles me and I run down the hall.
Winston

Dear Winston,
And she runs down the hall chasing you. I can tell you both enjoy that wild game. You are great friends! I took a picture of the two of you together that is a perfect picture for Valentines Day.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Valentines Day is about dogs and cats together?
Winston

Dear Winston,
It could be. You two are a very sweet pair.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Sometimes she barks at me when I walk past her food. 
Winston

Dear Winston,
There is that side to her. That’s her wolfish side. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
She’s a wolf????!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
She seems to think so when she scrambles up to the gate in a frenzy of barking, when one of her mortal enemies goes by. That’s her wolfish side.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
That sounds alarming!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
And I wouldn’t want to be a small mammal in her clutches. She has caught a few of those.
Love, Carolyn 

Mom,
Small mammals? I’m a small mammal! What did she do with them?
Winston

Dear Winston,
I saved the squirrel, but she killed one of the meadow mice. And once she caught a rat, but she was quite young then, and didn’t know what to do with him. Our other dog, Molly, stepped in and took over the kill.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Poppy killed one of our garden mice???!!! Would she do that to me????? 
Winston

Dear Winston,
No no no! You are a Pack Member. That means everything. And on top of that, she knows you are smitten with her.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
I like to walk with her, shoulder to shoulder.
Winston

Dear Winston
She seems to like that too. It’s lovely to see you two promenading around the house side-by-side.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But when I snuggle up to sleep with her, she leaves her bed.
Winston

Dear Winston,
She’s not completely on board with that kind of intimate relationship. I think she thinks of herself as a sort of big sister. A mentor. But she loves you in her way.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Poppy is my Valentine!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
I think in her heart she secretly appreciates that. 
Love, Carolyn

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