I Miss That Boy

Hi All,
It's been over five weeks now that our cat Sampson went missing. I have pretty much lost all hope of him returning to us. Still, I have been reading craigslist for local lost and found pets and watching the petfinder website for any signs that he may have shown up in a shelter nearby. (I sent an email to someone who posted they found a siamese that was sort of close to us. Their pictures of the found cat did not look like Sampson to me, but I thought it couldn't hurt to inquire a bit more. But, unfortunately, I did not get a response back.)
I also wouldn't feel right if we did not make a trip to the local animal shelter to investigate, just in case. So I packed up the kids today, and we did just that. The kids enjoyed looking at the cats being held there. I explained to them that we were looking for Sampson. We looked at all the cats being held, reviewed the log of strays found since his missing date, and filed a lost cat report. After taking one last look at the kitties, I told the kids, "C'mon, Sampson is not here. We will have to keep looking. " Bree replied, "Yeah, I miss that boy." I said, "Me too, Bree!"