Kezia

This is Kezia back in January when she showed up on our doorstep.

This is Kezia back in April.

And this is Kezia in May. She loved boxes. If she found a box she curled up inside it and went to sleep. There was no telling where we’d find her…but chances are, if there was a box around, she’d be in it.

We have not seen Kezia since Monday evening. We had supper with some friends on Monday evening. Kezia was on the porch when we left at around 6:30. It’s not unusal for her to not show up for supper, but she never misses breakfast. So we didn’t think anything of it, when we came home Monday night and she wasn’t around. We figured she was out prowling around somewhere. Well when I woke up Tuesday morning and she wasn’t begging on the porch for her breakfast, I found it a little odd. But I didn’t think too much about it and went on with my morning. When the kids all woke up and wanted to know if I had fed Kezia, I began to wonder what had happened. She still hadn’t shown up for her breakfast. Odd. Very odd. As the day continued on, with no sign of her anywhere, we really began to wonder. Did something happen to her? There are several large Falcons in our neighborhood. Trevor thinks that a cat Kezia’s size would be pretty easy prey for one of those Falcons. I shudder to think that. But here it is, Wednesday night and still no sign of her. I combed the yard pretty good looking for any sign of her, but have found nothing. If she had been hit by a car, I think maybe we’d find her in the road. But we haven’t seen that either. So we really don’t know what has happened. She was either Falcon food, or she was killed by something else. That’s the only thing we can think of. I really don’t think she found a new home. She’d been around us for 6 months and seemed pretty happy to be here.

The kids are doing ok with it tho. They still keep wishing she’d show up, but so far they seem to have accepted that fact that she is gone. What exactly happened, we may never know.

So good bye Kezia. It was nice knowing you. The kids are really missing you…and I must admit…so am I.