C.: d.c., I thought you wanted to get our blog written early, because you had something important to do this afternoon. What happened?
d.: I stayed up late to watch my favorite cop show on the second Friday night in November at 9 p.m. I don’t know why the network puts on a show for mature audiences so late. I just wanted to watch it live because the blurb for the show looked interesting.
C.: Oh, what was the show about?
d.: Cops
C.: Doing what?
d.: …I don’t remember now. Anyway, my team doesn’t play for another hour, so we have time to write our blog on this special day.
C.: Oh, yes, it’s November the ninth.
d.: Yes, do you remember the first conversation we had about this day?
C.: Yes, I remember it very well, like it was four years ago on this very day.
d.: That’s right, Cal.E., we talked about
A PLACE CALLED ADOPTION.
d.: Hi, Cal.E., what are you doing?
C.: Well, I don’t have a lot of time to talk right now, d.c. I'm helping Mom get ready for our "new arrival."
d.: What do you mean?
C.: Well, Dad went out of town, and that usually means new arrivals to our household.
d.: I think that your mom and dad are a little bit past the age of “new arrivals,” Cal.E.
C.: Well, Dad has thought that more than once, but they still come. I’m excited, because Mom wants a girl in the family. Maybe that will finally happen.
d.: Cal.E., didn’t your mom and dad on the Planet of the Talking Cats ever have the “birds and bees” talk with you?
C.: Oh, sure, sure. We had that talk, and I have fourteen kittens, d.c. I know how animals come to their families, but human hairless kittens come to their family differently.
d.: Okay, explain, please.
C.: Well, first the phone rings. Then, Mom runs around the house looking for stuff. She then says that she doesn’t have everything she needs, so she sends Dad to some place called “Walmart” to get several things. Dad doesn’t want to go, because he says that Walmart is his Hell on Earth, but Mom says is a necessary evil. She says that if Dad wants a new addition to the family, he must go, so he goes because he’s as excited as Mom is about the new arrival.
When Dad gets home, Mom looks through the stuff Dad brought home. Mom then says that they still don’t have everything they need, so she sends Dad back to his “Hell on Earth” to get more things. Then, the doorbell rings, and it’s either someone with a pizza, or a human with a human hairless kitten.
After that, Mom and Dad sit at the table and talk to the human who brought the human hairless kitten and sign some papers. Then the baby smiles at Mom and Dad and they both say that s/he is welcome to stay as long as he or she needs to….
d.: Cal.E, I think that you’re a little confused.
C.: No, d.c., you’re the one who’s confused. I’ve seen this happen one dozen times! I know what I’m talking about.
d.: Okay, Cal.E., You said that you’ve seen this happen twelve times, but you only have three human brothers. Where did the other nine babies go?
C.: To some place called “Adoption.” I don’t know exactly where that is, but it must be a wonderful place.
d.: Why do you say that, Cal.E.?
C.: Because the babies get all their physical and emotional needs met. They get plenty of food and clothes to wear, as well as the love and affection they all crave. And the new mom and dad get the child or children they have always wanted. That place must be Heaven on Earth.
d.: I’m sure you’re right, Cal.E. It’s a wonderful place for everyone involved.
HAPPY WORLD AND NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY to all adoptees and adoptive parents. A special thank you to Big Red, Curly and Blue Eyes for making our family complete.
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