Our Cat Who Ran Away and How We Got Her Back

We had a beautiful gray tabby cat named 'Roxanne' who was a house cat and never went outside. She was an affectionate cat and loved attention. We lost Roxanne to cancer years ago, but I will never forget what happened to us when we lived in our other house when Roxanne was younger.
  Somehow, either someone left a door open, or she got out underneath us without our knowing it while we held the door open. It was around Christmas time and we noticed the cat was missing. We looked all over the house for her. We combed the house looking for her. Then we combed the neighborhood looking for her. There were a couple of different groups of us who went out searching for her. We live near a busy road, so I was hoping not to find her run over by a vehicle. I took the car and went to the subdivision next to ours and looked. We called for her. We spent all day looking for her.
   Before I go on with the rest of the story, let me tell you about our dachshund who used to get out of the yard and roam the streets. One day, while teaching the children, I glanced out the window and saw my twinkle toes prancing down the road. Another time, I let him out in the back yard. A knock came on the door and a neighbor who lived across the street was at the door, and asked me if I had a little black dog, to which I said that I did. He said that he almost ran over him. I went to the back door and let the dog in. He acted like nothing happened.
   Back to Roxanne. We spent all day looking for her. Groups of people went searching for her. No Roxanne. We were sure we probably would not see her again, once night time came around. Only God knew where she was. So, at bed time, we prayed. We prayed for Roxanne to come home. After we got done praying, my daughter went outside. She had a feeling she knew where Roxanne was, and sure enough there she was! She was hiding under the car of the people who lived across the street (probably the car that almost hit my dog!). What was interesting was that there were cars in and out of that driveway throughout the day, so the cat wasn't under the car all day because it wasn't there during the day. God allowed us to have Roxanne back again and we were once again united with our beloved cat.  We will never knew where Roxanne ventured out to on that December day, but we got her back safely and we are very grateful for that.