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Letter to Cleo
Dear Cleo,
On Monday night I said we absolutely couldn’t get a second dog. I was getting texts about that from Jess Cigelske while I was in class. I thought this was a joke.
We already have our hands full! Two kids and one dog is enough!
And dogs are not a one-time purchase. All the things to get and keep getting, never enough, not enough and never ending.
Annnnnd right now you’re sleeping next to me on the couch as I write this. Bella — up until yesterday our only dog — is snoring at my feet.
I don’t know what happened.
But here we are. Here and now.
I’ve got much to think about.
Jess, Clara and Xavier picked you up yesterday from Brew Beagles, the same rescue group that Bella came from eight years ago.
You should know how much Clara wanted you. She pulled out all the stops:
Clara cleaned up her room, helped get dinner ready, set the table, brought me…
