Something doesn’t feel right. That’s the emotion you get sometimes.
Maybe it’s when the tires finally reach your driveway and the faces are not looking at you from the windows. Other times is when your eyes open after a deep sleep and the usual weight at the foot of the bed is now missing. A dull dread creeps in and soon you find yourself searching, pacing, and calling out names. Nerves fray further with each passing minute. Imagination takes over and you run through countless scenarios and outcomes each worse than the last.
Then you may discover something…the swaying side gate, the unlatched door at the cage or a dug-out hole at the far southern part of the fence.
That’s when the real concern kicks on and guilt mixes with fright and you wonder if your family will be whole ever again.