All's well that ends well to quote my dad . . . by it was hell on wheels for awhile

Magi's Great Adventure

• This seemingly gloriously happy picture is located on over 125 posters stapled on telephone poles all over East Nashville with the words "LOST' and "REWARD" on it. That's because dear Magi left her new home on Thursday, January 29 at 2 p.m. when a mover left a door open and she said "I don't want to live here; I liked the old place." Or maybe she just wanted to explore the new grounds; and, when someone she didn't know chased her, she got spooked and ran and didn't know her way back home.
• Fast forward - I wouldn't care to guess how many streets searched, dire-dog-scenarios imagined, dog-finder/shelter websites visited, and prayers lifted up - to this evening at 8:30 p.m. when the phone call came that Bill and I had been awaiting. Except that we weren't expecting it at that moment for some reason except for the reason that that's just how those things always work, they come when you least expect them. Grant just said "All the glory be to God. I have her here with me." I just started screaming "Oh my God, Oh my God, OMG into the phone and finally, "get on the other line" to Bill.
• As much of the mystery that we may ever know is that she finally wandered up onto the right person's back porch about a mile from Grant's and about 1/2 mile farther north in the area that 2 people had spotted her in on Friday. Bill and I never hit that street although we looked in that area for several hours today based on the hope that the Friday spottings were correct. Grant said he must have gone up and down that street several times and even turned around in the man's driveway once. I really wish we had just to see if we would have found her. Or if she was still in hiding. Which she may have been based on no more sightings on Sat. or Sun. But, my guess is, she's not talking. Grant said there is more to the story, but he'll call us later as he had so many phone calls to make. This is true because when I drove around hanging flyers with him Friday, he had tons of phone calls from friends calling to see what was up with the dog search. Don't these people have to work, I wondered?
• The thing I'm waiting to have answered is that he said he got a call from a friend who said there was a posting on Craigslist of a Found Welsh Corgi. The listing said:
• FOUND: Female Pembroke Corgi Gentle; loves tennis balls; cuddles on couch; just wandered to my back door Monday; no tags; collared
• Now, we worried a lot about her losing her collar - hence her tag with her phone number on it - but never the scenario of just losing the tag. How did that happen? Again, I don't think she's talking. Also, I registered her as lost on http://www.petfinder.com/ and they sent me an email notifying me that there was a Found Welsh Corgi listing on Craigslist for a Welsh Corgi within an hour of it going up. Now, how cool is that??? I'm going to have to go on their site some more to see if they said they did that. I was totally surprised.
• All, I can say is that we all fear having lost children; well, lost "man's best friend" ain't no picnic neither. Especially when you really need your best friend.