Honey, the bunny cage is empty, Daisy is gone...

Dig woke me up early Sunday morning just before he headed out for early service at church. He said, "Honey, the outside bunny cage is empty. Daisy is gone. I closed the cage so the kids wouldn't notice. When should we tell the kids? I've gotta go now." I immediately got up and looked for Daisy, but she was indeed, gone, not hiding in the bushes or under the hostas or under the slide...no where, gone!

I wasn't sure how to handle this. The kids were going to be devastated! Lu had just finished making Daisy a bunny jacket for the winter out of bright red material! Cas loves playing with her! My eyes were all teary thinking about the trauma about to occur in their lives! We had such a busy day planned for Sunday. After church we needed to head over to an associational meeting about an hour away, then we needed to go to Kansas City, then head home. There just wasn't a good time. So, I decided to wait until after church to tell them. I knew that we just might need to cancel plans for the three of us while Dig preached at the associational meeting.

All through church I kept praying for a way to tell the kids, for the right words, for the right timing etc. So after lunch we came home and I told the kids we needed to talk. About that time, the phone rings...Dig said, "Have you told them yet?" I told him that I was about to tell them. He said, "Well, you don't have to, Daisy is in her cage!" After lunch, our backdoor neighbor, Megan, saw Daisy in our backyard. She came right over and picked her up and put her in her cage before we got home! She must have been hiding under the shed or something, but it was nothing short of a miracle! Apparently the lock hadn't been placed on the cage door the night before and she jumped out of her cage and had "free time" for a while. The reunion was sweet and there were many tears of what almost happened. They indeed would have been heart broken! I am so glad Megan found her! You are our hero Megs! BTW in about a month if there appear several baby bunnies...we will need a few takers! :)

Reunion is sweet! Mother and bunny are doing well.