"A bit over 5 years ago my wife and I moved house, about a 7 minute drive from the old place. A little over a month after that, one of our 2 cats (my cat, Artimus, the first pet I had ever gotten myself) got out, and didn't return home. I went out looking, called the local vets and the shelters, spoke to the neighbours at the old house, and waited for a phone call which didn't come. I checked back in every week for a while, but no luck.

Then at the start of December, just before my birthday, I get a phone call from Animal Aid.

"We have your cat."

 It was the best birthday present I could have received."