Hope - where are you?

If you could hear my voice carried on the wind,

it would be,

"Hope, Hope - where are you Hope?"

The irony of it -- calling out to hope,

looking for hope in the corners of a barn...

watching the sides of the road, praying to not find her there.

My Hope, my momma barn cat, has been missing since Saturday.

Her 5 babies are left wondering & waiting for her return.

This is the longest she has been away.

Hope, are you there?

Hope, will you return?

Hope...I am looking for you, waiting.

This time, I shed less tears...

You see, Hope arrived at our farm lost & lonely - afraid of human touch.

She left loved. 

And in the process she did gift us with...well, hope.

So, she is not gone, but tucked away in my heart & soul.

Hope will always have a home here.

Evening of 3/10 --- Addendum:

5 days away...and then there she was -- waiting in the barn, glad to be home

Hope springs eternal.

Hope is also likely "with child" -- thinking the gal was out on the town.

One more litter.

Ah, Hope -- can't live without her.

Glad to have that in my life.