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["Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>]

I'm glad that Hobbes returned in one piece, Lisa! And I'm thankful for the
good things that people like Don do, after disaster strikes. Sometimes, when
it rains, it pours, and all the bad things seem to happen at once. It sounds
like you've had a string of unhappy events, so it is lovely to have a happy
ending! I too am rejoicing this morning. The sun is shining and it promises
to be a lovely day. My "visitor" in the middle of the night left without
incident. My dog is deserving of not just milk but CHEESE. Life is good.

Hugs,

Gloria


On 3/10/07, Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a light heart this morning. Just read Don's bittersweet post. Our
> beloved outdoor cat returned this morning, just before I was going to
> check
> the woods for him and call the neighbors.
>
> He was missing for only 24 hours, but he always greets us first thing in
> the
> morning, throughout the day and comes trotting up the driveway road every
> night to greet us when we come home. I had to take client to an errand in
> town yesterday and was gone for just a few hours, upon returning our
> greeter
> was still missing. No sign of him when we went to bed. The night before
> last
> our dogs had been put in the basement (to keep barking dogs silent for a
> peaceful night's sleep), but the neighbor's dogs came down to our farm and
> barked up a ruckus off & on all night. The following a.m. our cat was
> missing and I thought the worst. It was a natural thought; in the last
> month
> our ducks succumbed one by one to predators when the pond was frozen (best
> guess--no sign yet--unless they flew away), our 14 year-old pet turtle
> died
> and my son's parakeet died a few days after our house was so cold from the
> power outage mid-February. The ailing wood stove worked, but not well and
> the keet just got too cold. My boys have taken turns being sick all week
> with some flu/cold bug and we haven't felt very positive.
>
> I went outside to tell my husband and oldest son goodbye (he was leaving
> to
> take the SAT test) and we were all glum--and then Hobbes appeared! He
> looked
> a bit scruffy, had small chunks of fur missing and I suspect the
> neighbor's
> dogs, but he's back and in one piece. Right now, all is right with the
> world.
>
> Lisa
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