Yes I Believe in Miracles!

So just after my last post I went to the store in hopes that if Hairy were in the area she would see my pickup truck just maybe she would be waiting for me in the middle of the driveway upon my return, as was her custom. In her stead as I pulled in dreading what I thought would be just emptiness there lay Blackie the Wise in her spot as if to be her substitute out of sympathy. Most of the time Blackie would lay on some landscaping stones and out of the way because he knows not to block the drive but it was always like Hairy to be there to greet me. But almost as if Blackie knew something was up there he was so that when I returned I would have something more than vacant asphalt to welcome me.

I had made a special point to pick up a can of the better can food in hopes that the sound of the pop top would be a clarion call to Hairy to come. Alas this was not to be as only Blackie and Brownie were there and Brownie showed no interest really in the bounty I had to bestow. But Blackie was appreciative, as always, and after eating the whole can by himself proudly hopped on top of my car as if he had just conquered the world.

I called mom on the phone to take notice of Blackie's new, old spot to lay just in case she was looking to see him from the web cam stream. Blackie has always been mom's favorite because she had a kittie just like him when she was but a girl. It had been several weeks since Blackie had braved the climb to the top of the car. I had feared the pain in his bad leg was preventing him nowadays from this activity. As I was talking to mom who should show up but the old opossum of all creatures. I hadn't seem much of any opossums in months but this looked like the same guy from long ago. I told mom to pay special attention to the cameras as I feared the opossum might turn on me and late at night I worried there would be nobody to call for medical assistance should I be attacked and unable to call for 911. Strangely for the first time it was not the food dish he was raiding but the water bowl, which I found quite curious.

I clapped my hands and yelled at the opossum to go. He just gave me a dirty look and slowly walked away. Any other time he would have turned and ran like a timid little mouse just like when you turn the lights on but not so this opossum, this night. Still he left all the same, for which I was appreciative.

I walked over to Blackie to comfort him. As I began to pet him he stood up and then his tail stood straight up erect, which Blackie rarely does. He started walking over to me as I pet him but then I heard a sound. A sound from under my pickup truck. A faint sound, almost a kitten's mew. What was it? What could it be? Glory be it was Hairy!

Now somehow I was rather expecting the reuniting to be quite a bit more passionate. Instead it was almost as if she really didn't care that much to see me. As I picked her up absent was the normal purring sensation she would have any other time when I would hold her in my arms. But she was home and safe and that's all that really mattered.

To be brief she just didn't seem right. I wonder if some of my dope fiend neighbors perhaps felt it would somehow be funny to get her high or something and maybe she had slipped away when they weren't watching closely. Perhaps that was the case. Perhaps it was something else. But at least she was now home. I didn't have a fatted calf but at least I had the kittie equivalent, being a portion of can food. But she wouldn't touch it. In fact she showed no interest in it at all! That clearly was not like her to literally turn her nose up at a freshly opened can. Blackie, OTOH, had no problem at all devouring both plates I had divided the can into despite having just eaten the first can within the hour. No problem at all. When he had cleaned both plates he just looked up at me as if to say, "Got anymore?" LOL

Right now Hairy is resting sound asleep. It's not really like her to rest that soundly but then who knows the ordeal she's been through in this time. I hope she will be back to her old self in the morning. You know you hear of animals having been separated from their owners and then walking great distances to make their way home. As I had driven to the store I was half hoping and watching just in case that might be the case here and that by chance I might see her on the way. Regardless she is home now and you can believe as you wish but I feel my prayers were answered.

Thank you for your prayers and thank you God Almighty for this little bundle of joy returning home again to my loving arms.

Where's My Hairy?

I am sad. I'm afraid something has happened to my Hairy. I haven't see her for 2 days now and that simply isn't like her.

I have checked the recordings from my home security cameras and can only speculate that her disappearance may be connected to some party traffic associated with my neighbors.

I think the worst part is not knowing if she is OK. It would be one thing had she chosen to move on to a new and better home but I very much doubt that is the case. Even when I go to the store she sits in the driveway waiting to greet me upon my return. She really seemed to love being by my side or in my lap. I am already heartbroken just by this time apart.

And to think I was the one who didn't really care all that much for cats in general, especially after some of the little devils my mom has taken in through the years. But now I miss my little Hairy so much. She was just perfect for me and I think me for her. But more than all that that it's the not knowing. Is she hurt? Is she being abused? Is she even alive? And while she very much deserves to live the pampered life IMO I rather doubt any lowlife who might have abducted her knowing she had a home would be inclined to treat her so well were that what has happened.

It's times like this when you wish you had just a few more high tech toys at your disposal like a GPS tracking subscription. Actually I am better off than most just by having my cameras but in this case it seems they were not enough to tell me what has happened.

Please pray for the safety of my little Hairy Kitty. Wherever she is I just want her to be happy and well even if it isn't here by my side.