Answered Prayers...

Happy, Happy, Happy!
Yes, I'm a happy mom this evening. Darrell arrived home, safe and sound from his Florida adventure. He had a great time! He also just found out he has a job for the summer driving an airport shuttle van for a local hotel.

Correction...
Oops...a slight correction to yesterday's post about my friend, Wanda. She actually had her surgery last Friday. Slipped that one right in on me. It appears all went well (yay!) and after just a few hours she was recovering in the comfort of home. I know she's pretty miserable now but before long she'll be back on the go again...most likely sooner than she should be. Big hug, Wanda!

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Mysterious Ways... I don't think I mentioned it before but when we got Kit-Kat, we thought we were getting two kittens. The family that had the kittens decided to keep one after their cat, the mama, was killed in their back yard by a wild dog. We were disappointed but happily came home with just Kit-Kat. Experience had taught us that we have a closer human-pet relationship with a single animal than with two or more. During the last 10 days Kit-Kat has settled in comfortably. Everyone here loves her! Except... Mischief.

Mischief?

Yes, Mischief.

Last evening God answered my prayer and Mischief casually strolled into the back yard. It was almost like she'd never been gone. I was wary and cautious. After all, we'd had a false-sighting once and it was like losing her all over again. It didn't take but a moment, though, for all of us to know with certainty that it was indeed our Mischief.

I was happy but still nervous. I didn't know if she'd still be here this morning, but thankfully, she was.

A little over a day has passed now and Mischief has been in the house with us a lot more than what was usual. I believe she'll be more of an inside cat now, after all we've been through. It will have to be a slow transition, though, and even then she may still want outside time.

Kit-Kat is also in the house.

Mischief and Kit-Kat have been introduced and it's amazing how they seem to speak the same language; hissing and spitting and such. They haven't exactly hit-it-off the best. I'm optimistic, though, that before long we'll find them inseparable. I just hope it's from friendship and not because one has its claws dug into the other one's flesh!

I guess I still can't believe she's back. I owe the neighbors an apology for the terrible thoughts I had about them. We'll never know for certain where the cat's been all these long weeks. We suspect she may have accidentally been trapped at our next-door neighbor's. They've been doing a lot of work on the property getting it ready to go on the market. They were working under the house yesterday just before Mischief came home. Could be she was stuck in their a previous time and their work yesterday allowed her to get out. Overall she looks well. Nothing a bath won't fix. Whatever the circumstance, we're just happy she's home. Seems I have my two cats after all.

Hope you're having a great week!