The Amazing Adventures of Boo

We had a super sweet grey kitty

show up on our doorstep over the holidays.

At first we kind of stepped over him

thinking that he would wander off 

but he just sort of never left.

We asked neighbors and he didn't belong to anybody

so we started petting him, 

then we fed him,

then we picked him up,

then we named him Boo.

He just wouldn't leave and our other

two grumpy cats, Atticus and Scout

(I read To Kill a Mockingbird one too many times)

even warmed up to him

and much to my husband's chagrin,

we decided that after the holidays

we'd take him to the vet, get him fixed up,

and call him ours.

He jumped in our laps and won our hearts.

He camped out on our porch for 3 weeks.

Until...we left town and had my dad swing by 

to feed the cats for us while we were gone.

Boo must be a fickle cat because 

when we got back, he was gone.

We weren't here to love him up.

The kids are pretty sad.

So, to take away the sting 

of losing the cat that was never really ours,

we've started making up stories

about the adventures Boo may be on.

Did he join the circus?

Did he hike to Alaska to live on a fishing boat?

Did he move to the Texas and strap on a cowboy hat?

Did he move to a farm and befriend a cow?

Koen thinks that he got in a fight with a lion.

Maybe one day he'll find his

way back to us on a stop 

from his many adventures.

Until then,

we miss you Boo.

You'll live on in the stories we tell.