The only thing scrapped last week was a ‘missing’ poster.
The Crafter’s beloved companion of 16 years went missing last Thursday. He has moderate kidney failure (as many elderly cats do) and has always been an indoor animal. But, with the unseasonably warm weather, he begged to be allowed out to munch grass and ‘rough-it’ in the garden for a bit. She relented. …Then, he was gone. He may simply have had a ‘senior’ moment, or the racket created by city workers nearby may have frightened him off, but either way, he did not find his way home again. Twenty four hours passed, then forty eight….
She walked the neighborhood at midnight and again at three thirty in the morning. She clucked, called his name, shook cat food in his bowl opened cans of tuna, and left them outside. She cursed him, the city workers, and his crummy kidneys. The Crafter was losing her marbles over the stupid cat!
Saturday night,while crying into her pizza (and glass of vino), the doorbell rang. And from the arms of his rescuers sprang one tired, thirsty, footsore, and relieved old kitty!
The ordeal is over now, and you can imagine how much cuddling and thankfulness fills the home.
On a different level, the Crafter was utterly astounded by her dh (the man-child), whom truth be told, has no affection whatsoever for the cat. He searched longer and farther and more thoroughly than she, time and again. She can only assume, he did it entirely for her. Though she often thinks him oblivious (seemingly callous) to her emotional state(s) (ok, so it can be hard to keep up with them), he felt her misery and was affected by it. He was amazing. Even the kids marched up and down the neighborhood without complaint, stuffing mailboxes with flyers.
In the end, not only does she have her ‘cat-companion’ back, but she has yet another reason to wonder at and fall in love again with the three people who share her life everyday. She is so grateful for them (of course, from this day forward none of them will be allowed outside without a leash either)!!
Go now! Scratch your hubby behind the ear and give your kitty a kiss on the lips for her, will you?!