Harvey’s New Family

🐾 Hi Friends—Harvey here!

Mom and Dad told me something new the other day.

“Harvey,” Mom said, “our family is going to grow again.”

My tail wagged right away.

“A new puppy?” I asked.

Dad smiled. “Yes… but this time, we are going to adopt a puppy.”

Adopt?

I tilted my head.

“What does adopt mean?” I asked.

Mom sat down next to me.

“Adoption means we are welcoming a puppy into our family who needs a home,” she said gently.

Dad nodded. “That puppy will become part of our family—forever.”

I thought about that.

“So… the puppy will live with us?”

“Yes,” Mom said.

“And you will be their parents?” I asked.

“We will,” Dad said.

“And I’ll be… their brother?”

Mom smiled. “Exactly.”

I sat very still for a moment.

“That sounds really special,” I said.

Then I thought of something else.

“Will the new puppy know how our family works?” I asked.

“Not at first,” Mom said.

“They will learn,” Dad said. “And we can help teach them.”

“I can help!” I said.

My tail wagged faster.

Adoption means giving someone a place to belong.

It means saying:

You are part of our family now.
You are safe here.
You are loved.

And that feels really, really good.

Families can grow in different ways.

But what makes a family isn’t how it starts…

It’s how we love each other.