Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-37639791-20181127064137/@comment-35901641-20181129150438

Tiff777sozo wrote: No worries. My brother lives in the Dallas area I'm about 1 1/2 North of that rural East Texas closer to Tyler! I know Tyler is famous for its roses, but in my head it will always be the place where we lost my cat. My folks owned some farm land in Gilmer, TX and when we stopped to get gas in Tyler, the cat escaped from the car. We tried to find him but when we didn't, my dad made us continue on our trip. I was probably about 7 years old and of course I was very upset about "having" to leave it. But looking back now, I can't even imagine what was so important that he could just decide that we had to keep moving on. I don't remember how much time we actually spent looking for it and I guess realistically you have to give up at some point, but if I were in that situation as an adult with more of a voice in the matter, I KNOW I wouldn't and couldn't have given up as easily as he did. He has since passed away but I wish that I had asked him about that day. He'd probably just say he didn't know what I was talking about (even though it was so traumatizing to me.)

Oh wow! Sorry to be such a downer with that story. I have never spent as much time thinking about that incident as I did just now as I typed it out---but now it goes back into the memory vault, hopefully to never be dredged up again. You are a brand new SN friend and I don't want you to regret asking me any questions.

Are you a football fan? If so, you must root for the Cowboys living so close and all, right? The Texans didnt even exist when I lived there.

Gotta run now. Take care, Robyn.