Carolyn Holm

Dear Mommy,

The new house is so exciting!

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I’m so glad you like it! I know it’s a bit of an adjustment. You have a great attitude.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

I know I do. Not like Puffin.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

No, Puffin has been rather dramatic about the whole thing.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

Poppy likes the house. She says this is the Best Neighborhood Ever.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

That’s because she’s got a huge hot crush on the Malamute down the street.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

A Malamute? What is that????? It sounds like a musical instrument.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

It does sound like that, doesn’t it? No, he’s an enormous dog. And Poppy’s right, he’s a handsome dude. When we go for our walk down the street he’s often hanging out in his front yard. The first time we saw him, he came up to meet her, and ever since she looks for him, and if he’s there, her knees go weak and she becomes completely goofy.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

What does he think of that?

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

He just looks quietly amused while she bows and scoots and whimpers, giddy with excitement.

Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,

It sounds like Poppy is making a spectacle of herself. A cat would never do that.

Love, Mia

Dear Mia,

I’ll remember that the next time you give yourself a pedicure and suck on your toes.

Love, Carolyn

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