Missing

The bench that I usually share with Peanut when she wants me outside, except today, there was no Peanut. She went outside about 8:00 last night, and has not been seen since, now about 19 hours. We called and called for her, searched this place high and low many, many times, but nothing. We fear the worst, that some predator nabbed her, and she was done. We keep hoping that she will pop up at the door or window and want in, but no sign yet. As I have worked around this place inside and out, I literally see her everywhere, and I imagined seeing her several times, like, “There she is!” And then, nothing.

If she is indeed gone, I feel like I have lost my best friend, and we have definitely lost a family member. She is our kid, our irascible, mischievous, lovable kid. She has lived on this place on her own terms, and those terms mean being an indoor/ outdoor kitty. I hope beyond hope that this story has a happy ending, but my hopes for that dwindle the longer it goes.

She has been kind of a star here on Blip, and my hope is that she has more blips to come. In the meantime, we are heartbroken and devastated. I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. She wasn’t even three years old.

While this is not autumn, this song came on, and its tune captured me for the day. I heard this, then took Tom’s hand, and wept. Please forgive me for not commenting on your blips for a while. In advance, thank you for your thoughts.

https://youtu.be/ksa3L8iSs3A?si=L3-8sViS7gvrDzcY