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Family disagreements. Reduced shifts at my bookstore job. A move to a dumpy, cheaper apartment, close enough to walk to work and to shops.<\/p>\n<p>Now my boss told me that he would have to cut my hours even further, and word came from the corporate office that I would be losing my health insurance. What would I do if I got sick? I was barely making ends meet as it was. I didn&rsquo;t think I could take one more blow.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I couldn&rsquo;t miss Junior&rsquo;s vet appointment. He would be getting a microchip with my phone number and address injected between his shoulder blades so that people would know who he belonged to should he ever get lost.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&rsquo;t even want to think about what I would do without my cats, the one bright spot in my life.<\/p>\n<p>A friend at work had told me about Junior. She knew that I had been looking for a buddy for Prince, a big gray cat that I had adopted from a shelter a few years back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw a new cat at the park,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;He was hanging out with some feral cats I feed. But he&rsquo;s friendly. I think he must have been abandoned. Would you consider&#8230;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll take him,&rdquo; I said.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;d barely made introductions before Junior and Prince started grooming each other. Finally something was going right.<\/p>\n<p>My cats gave me a reason to get up in the morning. They needed me. And I needed them. Their antics made me laugh. And they both cuddled next to me in bed at night, their gentle purring a reassurance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you, God, <\/em>I prayed. <em>We&rsquo;ll get through this rough patch together, the cats and I. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>But now I wondered, worried all over again about my job, my health, everything. I hefted the carrier and trudged on to the vet&rsquo;s office, trying to ignore the pelting rain.<\/p>\n<p>A vet tech ushered me into an exam room when I got there. I took Junior from his carrier and set him on the table.  &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a handsome fellow,&rdquo; the vet tech said.<\/p>\n<p>Not that I had anything to do with Junior&rsquo;s looks, but I swelled with pride.<\/p>\n<p>The vet tech explained how microchips worked. &ldquo;With just a quick scan any veterinarian will know that your cat has an owner and will be able to find out how to reach you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She took a wand from the counter. &ldquo;First let&rsquo;s make sure that he doesn&rsquo;t already have a chip,&rdquo; she said. She scanned Junior&rsquo;s body. &ldquo;Yep. He has a microchip already.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s impossible,&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;He was abandoned.&rdquo; &ldquo;Maybe he got out by mistake,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the number for the microchip registry. They&rsquo;ll be able to tell you who he belongs to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>But I already know who he belongs to, <\/em>I thought. <em>Me!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I loaded Junior into the carrier and plodded home in the rain. It was all I could do not to flop down on some bench and have a big cry. But who would even notice? Or care? &ldquo;Hey, God!&rdquo; I wanted to shout. &ldquo;Remember me?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Prince met us at the door of my apartment. Freed from the carrier, Junior playfully swatted Prince&rsquo;s tail. They belonged together. With me. How could Junior have another owner? I hadn&rsquo;t seen any notices anywhere about a lost cat.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the phone, then took a deep breath and forced my fingers to punch in the number.<\/p>\n<p>The guy at the microchip registry listened to my story. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s see,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That cat was reported missing ten months ago. Looks like the owner lives in Ester, Alaska.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;B-b-but,&rdquo; I stammered, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m in Walnut Creek, California.&rdquo; I looked in awe at Junior, imagining him crossing glaciers, fighting off hungry wolves. Incredible!<\/p>\n<p>Then it hit me. His home was 3,000 miles away. I&rsquo;d never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her name is Sappho,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;That can&rsquo;t be right,&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a boy. The vet said so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, that may be, but it&rsquo;s definitely the same microchip. I&rsquo;ll contact the owner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I hung up and grabbed Junior. &ldquo;Sappho?&rdquo; I said. The cat nuzzled my face. &ldquo;Whoever you are, I sure don&rsquo;t want to lose you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That evening the phone rang. I hesitated, letting it ring again before finally answering. It was the microchip guy. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m patching the cat&rsquo;s owner through now,&rdquo; he said. There was a click, then a woman&rsquo;s voice. &ldquo;You really have our cat?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, they say I do,&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;How did you lose him?&rdquo; I hoped I didn&rsquo;t sound too accusatory.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was my daughter, Aurora,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;She was moving from Alaska to Arizona, and she stopped at a park there in Walnut Creek. That&rsquo;s when Sappho got loose from her car. She hadn&rsquo;t owned him that long so maybe that&rsquo;s why.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She put up posters and posted his picture on the web, but no one called. Finally, she had to leave. Let me give you her number. She&rsquo;ll be so excited to hear from you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>We said goodbye. My fingers hovered over the phone&rsquo;s keypad. I felt bad. For Aurora and her mom. And me. Especially me. With each number I pushed, it seemed like Junior was slipping further away.<\/p>\n<p>Aurora answered. &ldquo;I think I might have your cat,&rdquo; I said.<\/p>\n<p>There was a pause, then a shriek of joy. My whole body sagged. I told her how I&rsquo;d taken Junior in, how well he was doing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t thank you enough for taking such good care of him,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t he a wonderful cat? You know he was raised with sled dogs. And he loves being sung to&#8230;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&rsquo;t deny it any longer. He <em>was <\/em>her cat. She loved him as much as I did. I&rsquo;d been selfish to even think of keeping him. &ldquo;I could rent a car and drive him down to you,&rdquo; I heard myself say. &ldquo;Or put him on a plane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me figure it out and get back to you,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>We hung up.<\/p>\n<p>I sat there in my dumpy little apartment, but I felt calm, the stress that had weighed so heavily on me suddenly gone, like it was never even there. I had done the right thing. I had contributed something right to a world where so much seemed wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I could handle this. Everything&mdash;my job, the bills, Prince and I&mdash;would turn out okay. Hadn&rsquo;t God sent Junior to me? The perfect antidote to my fear and worries. God would be there for me even after Junior was gone. Junior was a demonstration of grace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;God, thank you for taking care of me,&rdquo; I prayed. &ldquo;I believe you know what&rsquo;s best for Junior just like you know what&rsquo;s best for me. Be with him and his owner, wherever their journey might take them&#8230;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The phone rang. I picked up. It was Aurora. Was she calling back with instructions already?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hi, Linda,&rdquo; Aurora said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been thinking. You&rsquo;ve actually had Junior longer than I did. And he&rsquo;s happy there. I think you should keep him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For a moment I couldn&rsquo;t speak. &ldquo;Thank you,&rdquo; I finally said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s incredibly sweet of you. I&rsquo;ll send you pictures. I&rsquo;ll even sing to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I looked down at Junior, rubbing against my leg, purring, the very sound of grace. 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