Missing my Missing Ash

It has been 2 days since Ash went missing. If I had known that this would happen, I should not have let them roam at night. That was not the setup before. I always see to it that when the clock struck 8 in the evening, they are all inside the house. Closed all the windows so that they could not go out in the middle of the night. I have no problem in calling them one by one at night, all I have to do is bang their food container and they would run like crazy getting inside our house. But as they grow older, they would leave so much mess in the morning, not to mention the things that they broke when they were playing at night. And my husband has been complaining about cleaning up their mess. So just recently, we leave the windows open so that they can go out if they like to and most of the time, they stayed outside until dawn.

And now, Ash is missing. I thought that he would come back hours after he went missing. I thought maybe he went out for a walk, to unwind, to meet his friends, or to check on his girl and would come back after. But up to now, still no sign of him.

Who is Ash?

To those who don't know Ash, Ash is my cat. He was among our Mama cat Luna's first litter and he's the youngest. Among the first litter, he is my favorite because he is so adorable and so clingy. He loves to eat fish and the only brand of dog food he eats is Pedigree. He wouldn't eat if I bought a different brand. He also eats meat but he wants it raw. He doesn't want cooked meat.

When Luna gave birth to him and his siblings, I was keeping an eye on them. I cut their umbilical cords and clean them because Luna gets weak when giving birth. And when they all came out, Ash was the biggest and by the way, he is the only one who had a different color so I named him Ash.

But now he"s missing, I don't know where he went or maybe someone took him that night. And if someone really took him, I hope he feeds him right and would not be mistreated.

My husband and I searched the entire subdivision, hoping that we could find him. Just this morning, my husband went to the other side of the subdivision to look for him but still no sign of him. People asked him who he was looking for and when they told him that he was looking for our cat, some laughed at him. But he didn't care, all he wanted to do is to find Ash. He also asked the kids to find Ash and tell us if they could find him. And they will be rewarded. I hope they could find my Ash.

This was the time that I was writing an article for read.cash and suddenly he kept on meowing while looking at me. He wanted me to pet him and carry him. So I just stop writing and play with him, after that he slept on top of my laptop. That's what I love about my Ash, he is so clingy.

I miss him so much. I always burst in tears every time I am reminded of him. Just now, my husband gets mad at me because I kept on crying. He said that it will not do any good for my health condition so I should stop thinking about Ash. But what could I do, my heart won't stop thinking about him. I miss him so much that it breaks my heart.

I hope that he could still find his way into our home. And if someone found him, I hope he treats him well and loves him as much as I had loved Ash.

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Sorry if I may sound overacting but I treat each one of them as my baby, they are all part of our family. So it felt like I lose my baby when Ash went missing. I am heartbroken and only fur parents know how it felt like to lose one.

Date Published: January 13, 2022