Mali's gone

[miriam_e]

My little dog, Mali, has been getting a little confused sometimes. Day before yesterday she wandered away, apparently looking for me. I'd retired to bed early because I'd had a tooth pulled out. Normally I'm on the computer til quite late, so she may have thought I'd gone out somewhere accidentally leaving her behind (she always accompanies me everywhere). My next-door neighbor's kid, about a kilometer away, said they'd seen a little dog fitting her description walking down the road. Heaven knows where she is. Julie and I have put leaflets in a lot of letterboxes and stuck posters up all over. She is picking up more leaflets and posters today that we are getting printed in Nambour -- these ones will have a picture of her on them. We'll spend this afternoon putting up more posters and letterboxing.

I hope someone picked her up and returns her. [sigh]

I've always felt I was kinda independent of the world, like I am behind some kind of invisible shield. Almost nothing ever moves me to tears, and few things budge me from my comfortable remoteness. But now I find myself with an unexpected achey hole where Mali was. Not a nice feeling.

How the hell do parents who lose a child cope?

Comments

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Sorry. :(

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I just have to hope the leaflets or posters work, or one of the online notices. Jules contacted the RSPCA and they're sending out notices to all the vets in the area and have a standing watch on all the available databases.

Julie is an old friend and I inherited Mali from her, so she is probably as badly affected by this as I am. I hope Mali turns up before Jules leaves again in a few weeks.

[dorjejaguar.livejournal.com]

I hope your Mali comes home soon. :)

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear this. I hope she comes back soon. Sounds like you've done absolutely everything right.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Me too.
Jules has just returned with the posters and leaflets. After she has lunch we shall sally forth again, hoping that someone, somewhere will phone with news.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Not right enough to have her back yet. [sigh]
They say it can take 6 months sometimes... god, I hope it doesn't take that long!

[xxclovergrrlxx.livejournal.com]

oh no! my cat got out once when i was living in the ghetto on a street with a 45mph speed limit and i about died. i had just gotten off work at 3am and i spent hours searching the ghetto for my cat (not the best idea, but i didn't care). i eventually did find him, but i was breaking down badly by then. :(

i hope you find him soon!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Scary! One of my big fears is that she may have been hit by a car. Glad you found your kitty.

I'm amazed at how nice and helpful people have been when I've been doing the door-knock thing. I'm sure even if you'd met some strung-out meth-head they would have been sympathetic. There is something about us humans and our animals. It is one of the things that holds out great hope for us, I think. If we were only able to empathize with our own species then we would have no future, but we so easily love and adore so many other animals, and even get breathless at the beauty of some trees or flowers. Good news for us, I think. There's still hope for us. :)