THE MISSING JIJI SAGA...PART THREE
WELL, I HAVE HAD FEDBACK ON PART 1 AND 2. PEOPLE ARE ACCUSING ME OF BEING MEAN BECAUSE I AM LEAVING YOU HANGING. HA, HA!!WELL, I LEFT OFF WITH THE POLICE COMING AT SUPPER TIME TO GET MY STATEMENT AND A PICTURE OF JIJI. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN LOOKING AND QUESTIONING ALL DAY. I KNOW HE WAS AS WHEN MY FRIEND WENT TO POST THE MISSING POSTER AT THE VET'S, HE HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE. AND HE STOPPED AND CHATTED WITH A COUPLE ACROSS THE STREET AS THEY PULLED INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS IS A FRIEND OF MY DAUGHTER'S. THIS GIRL THEN CALLED MY DAUGHTER AT WORK. THEN DANIELLE CALLED ME ALL IN A FIT WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE DOGS. I TOLD HER AND THIS WAS AT 2:00. WITHIN THE HOUR SHE WAS AT THE HOUSE, THEY LET HER OFF AN HOUR EARLY BECAUSE SHE WAS SO...UPSET!ANYWAY, I DIGRESS, I TOLD THE DYLAN STORY, THE LITTLE BOY THAT CALLED, TO HIM. HE TOOK NOTES. I TOLD HIM WHERE THE CHILD LIVED AND ASKED IF HE NEEDED THE PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE I HAD IT. HE REPLIED," NO, I AM FAMILIAR WITH DYLAN!". UM....SOUNDS LIKE HE AGREED WITH MY THEORY. HE WAS GOING DOWN TO TALK TO DYLAN. SO HE LEFT BUT DID NOT GIVE ME A FILE # LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSE TO, WHICH I WOULD NEED IF I NEEDED TO CONTACT THE POLICE REGARDING JIJI.THAT NIGHT WE LEFT THE GATE OPEN, OUTDOOR LIGHTS ON, AND FOOD AND WATER PLUD HER BED ON THE PATIO JUST IN CASE SHE CAME HOME ON HER OWN. I WAS UP ALL NIGHT. I WOULD GO TO THE BACKDOOR AND CALL ABOUT EVERY HALF HOUR. OF COURSE, I CRIED MOST OF THE NIGHT THINKING ABOUT MY LITTLE BABY OUT THERE COLD, SCARED, HUNGRY ETC...MY HUBBY STAYED HOME THE NEXT DAY, THURSDAY, ON THE PRETEXT OF PUTTING UP MORE POSTERS AND LOOKING FOR JIJI. BUT REALLY IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME. MY GIRL FRIEND CAME DOWN AS WELL. AROUND 11:00 WE RECEIVED A CALL THAT SOMEONE SPOTTED HER UP IN THE WOODED AREA OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PATHS AND TALL GRASS AND TREES. MICHAEL AND NAT TOOK OFF AND WENT SEARCHING. AFTER A FEW HOURS THEY HAD FOUND NO TRACE SO HOME THEY CAME. I WOULD NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE UNLESS MICHAEL WAS INDOORS BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO MISS A CALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DAY TURNED TO NIGHT AND STILL NO JIJI OR ANY SIGHTINGS. HOWEVER, THE LITTLE GUY, DYLAN, CALLED ME AROUND SUPPER TIME TO ASK IF WE HAD FOUND HER. SOUNDED LIKE A GUILTY NIGGLING HAPPENING.SO ONCE AGAIN I KEPT MY NIGHTLY VIGIL.....BOY, THE NIGHTS ARE LONG. I WAS STILL IN TEAR MODE. MY CAT, BEANER, SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT IN MY LAP. SHE KNEW HER MAMA WAS UPSET.FRIDAY ,SATURDAY & SUNDAY BROUGHT NO NEWS. THANK GOD, FOR MY HUBBY HE KEPT ME BUSY PUTTING IN THE VEGGIE GARDEN AND OTHER STUFF AROUND THE YARD. I KEPT MY CELL PHONE WITH ME. I HAD CHANGED MY VOICE MAIL MESSAGE TO INCLUDE IT SO THAT CALLER COULD CALL ME IF THEY FOUND HER. MY GIRL FRIEND KEPT DROPPING IN AND CALLING. SHE IS ALSO AN EARLY MORNING PERSON, 5:30, SHE ALWAYS TAKES HER DOG FOR A LONG....WALK. SO SHE WAS SEARCHING EVERYWHERE. ANYTIME, EACH OF US WENT OUT WE SEARCHED IN DIFFERENT AREAS, SLOWING DOWN IN THE CAR AND LOOKING IN YARDS OR AT DOGS THAT LOOKED SIMILAR.I ALSO REJOINED FACEBOOK AND PUT HE PICTURE AND AD THERE. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT PICKED UP ON IT AND THEN OFCOURSE, THEIR FRIENDS AND SO ON. SO THE BOTTOM LINE WAS WE HAD ALL THE BASES COVERED. WE COULD DO NOTHING MORE.THEN HUBBY AND I DECIDED TO TAKE OUT AN AD IN THE LOCAL PAPER WITH HER PICTURE ( PICTURES ADDED ARE PRICEY). WE CHANGED THE REWARD TO $500.00 FOR HER RETURN OR INFO LEADING TO HER RETURN. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!! THE AD WOULD NOT APPEAR UNTIL THURSDAY. SO WE WERE STILL PLAYING THE WAITING GAME!!! AND SUNDAY PASSED INTO MONDAY AS I KEPT UP MY NIGHTLY ROUTINE. I WAS EXHAUSTED AND DEPRESSION WAS SPIRALING ME DOWN. I WAS PRAYING TO THE GOOD LORD EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY AND MANY OTHERS HERE AND ELSE WHERE WERE ADDING THEIR REQUESTS FOR HER SAFE RETURN. OH, THE POWER OF PRAYER!!!SO....HERE ENDS PART THREE. I PROMISE THAT I WILL CONCLUDE THE SAGA IN THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT.BE WELL AND HAPPY, MY FRIENDS. DEBBIE
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