Pepper

Last Sunday when we answered the door, Pepper slipped out

while we weren't looking.  Because of his bad eyesight and

hearing, we don't let him out.  He's only been out in the front

of the house twice while I supervised since he came to live 

with us this summer!  And to make matters worse, we

didn't notice he was gone until bedtime, so he had a 10

hour lead on us looking for him.  We looked for about an hour

with flashlights through the neighborhood and again in the

morning but without any luck.  Even my good friend came

and looked 2 hours in the rain throughout most of our village

 (thank you, Brian!) but Pepper was nowhere to be found.

I was brokenhearted.  I just didn't think he could find his

way home without being able to see or hear properly.

And after 3 days we had just about given up hope.

On the fourth day, about 3:00 AM, I heard his very unique

meow outside our bedroom window!  I sat straight up in bed,

woke up The Mister and kept saying, "God, please let it be true!

Don't let it be a dream!"  The Mister ran outside to see and I 

watched from the window but there was nothing when he

turned on the outside light....just The Mister searching our

courtyard in his underwear in the freezing night air.  Ugh.

I wasn't even dreaming about Pepper.  How could I have

imagined it?  I was devastated.

I turned to go into the bathroom and The Mister came into

the bedroom....with Pepper in his arms!

I wrapped my arms around them both and we made

that cat into a Pepper sandwich hug and cried and cried.

What a little miracle this was!  For one thing, he had never been

on that side of the house.  If he hadn't been under our bedroom

window we wouldn't have heard him at 3 AM. 

How did he get home after 4 days?

We said it was only God that could have done that and

we are still thanking Him for bringing him home.

He had lost the weight I worked so hard to get him to gain

when we rescued him and was dehydrated but we're 

working on that again.  He seems very happy to be home

and has reclaimed his spot in our bed every night...right in

the middle where it's the warmest.

♥