Allison!!!
I'm SO GLAD Minnie's back!!!!:7 :7
I kept wanting to write you in your earlier post, but I just didn't know what to say. I had a feeling she'd come back--cats are some strange amazing creatures.
When DH and I moved into the last apartment we rented, one of our cats, Borrego, vanished about a week after we'd gotten settled. We put up signs, went to our old address and gave the new residents our info in case he went back there, searched the shelters, and, like you, called and cajoled and hoped like crazy he'd come back. About a week after he went AWOL, DH was in the backyard and called me to come out for a minute. There was our big fat cross-eyed Borrego, looking just fine, like it was no big deal. Well, I hadn't shed a tear while he was gone, but the minute I saw him, I burst out crying and didn't stop for about five minutes!!! Tears of joy, relief, what-could-have-been? I don't know, but, man did I let it go.
I am almost crying for joy for you and Minnie!!! Wow, it's such a relief when they come back!!!!