Today was my nieces 1st birthday so my husband and myself went out of town to celebrate it with her. We were gone pretty much the whole day and when we got home, it was well past 7:30 p.m. I had just dropped off my mother and little brother that carpooled with us and was heading into my own home, when I noticed my mom walking down the street looking around? I thought she forgot something so I yelled out ( yes that's how we do it on the hill, we yell instead of running up to the person) " what happened?" At which point my mother informed me that my beloved Homer ran away!! Yes my baby, the one I dote on and threw a birthday Pawty for not more than five months prior was GONE!! So without hesitation, I scurried down to where my husband was and told him of the situation. He told me, " okay let me put this down ( I didn't pay attention to what he was holding) and we will go find him." As any mother knows, whether it human parent or pet parent, the last thing you want to do is wait. So without hesitation or thinking, I grabbed my car keys, ran out of the house and drove around the block with my mom and my brother, Totally ditching my husband (unintentionally of course).
We searched high and low for my 70 lb. baby, but even though he was not where he was suppose to be, I knew in my heart I would find him. So there we were with all of our heads sticking out the window yelling and calling for Homer. We went all around our neighborhood within a 3 mile radius, when we finally decided to check the route that our family usually walks when we go for our daily walks. I was starting to think the worst, when out of nowhere my brother yells out Homer!!! I kept driving, but then he said, " stop I see Homer!!" I slammed on my breaks and checked my rear view mirror and sure enough, there was my precious baby walking behind the car. My brother opened the door and grabbed him into the car and when he got in, he just put his head towards the front seats as if to say, " hey guys what's up, where you been?" I scolded him, even though I wasn't really mad, " Homer, what were you thinking?!! You can't just go running off and making everyone worry, when you get home, you're grounded!!" You sir are going to solitary confinement, yup that's right, your going in the pen!!" Homer of course gave me the look like " yeh right mommy, like you could ever be mad at me?!" And just sat in the back seat with his head out the window.
We got home and he was compliant with going into his kennel without a fight and when I parked my car and made my way back home, I noticed the door was locked and the house was dark? That's when I realized I ditched my husband. I called in to see if he was there and maybe got mad and locked me out, but I knew better, so I went inside and checked to see if he took his phone, but he didn't, so I said to myself, " what a night! First I lose my dog, now my husband!!" I was outside and did the same routine I did in trying to find my dog which was walking around the block calling out my husbands name and making those kissy noises to see if he come back. I went about half a block and decided to head back, when I noticed him coming around the corner from the opposite end. I ran to him, jumped up and rapped my legs around him trying to pretend that I was so sad and worried, but of course my husband knows me all too well and hugged me and said, " oh so you found him." I smiled and told him about our little adventure and how I started calling him too and is that how he came home....he said I was silly and we both went home safe and sound.
Even though my doggy and my hubby were missing, I knew that I would be reunited with them. If this was a year ago today, I most likely would of had a nervous breakdown and started crying and panicking, thinking about everything that would of or could of gone wrong, but instead I put my trust and faith wholly in The Lord and trusted that he will see things through and he did, which is why I am feeling so blessed right now and wanted to share; hope this brought a little bit of sunshine in your day......Until next time
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