Lost

When I decided we needed a social media campaign to help find the boys, I didn't realise nearly three months later I'd be pondering the name. 'Khalifa City Lost Boys'.  It was just an idea in the beginning. A quick fix to find the boys. Now I know our boys really are lost. Lost to us and lost to themselves.

How come stray cats can find us? They're coming to our garden. They are lost too. Lost from their life.We can't give all of them a life they deserve. 

Our recent additions Zayed and Stirling now have a home with us.

Zayed is named after the late Sheikh Zayed the founder of the UAE named accordingly as our vision for change. We are their home. As we were home for our boys. Why can't they find us? 

Lost: adjective

1.

unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts.

"Help! We're lost!"

Similar:

stray

astray

off-course

off-track

off the right track

disorientated

disoriented

having lost one's bearings

adrift

going round in circles

at sea

2.

that has been taken away or cannot be recovered.

All these meanings fit for us and the boys. We are going round in circles. We are all lost at sea.

We need a new bearing. I just want our boys back. It's been too long. How can I ever not think of them? It's so sad that after living in Abu Dhabi for 10 years, this will be our lasting memory. "Oh yes, we lived there once. Its where we lost Blacky, Monty and Winnie". All our good and happy memories are now lost too.

Weve lost time, days, weeks and now very sadly months.

The boys are so soft. They won't be doing very well. I hope someone opened their door to them. I try and keep this thought at the front of my mind as the ones behind it are unbearable.

How much longer can we all cope? Dave and I have our home, our bed, eachother. I believe the boys were torn from eachother. They have nothing. So we can't be happy at 'home' when some of our home is missing. We are not complete as we once were. 

We have no choice but to strive to overcome these tribulations. We have no choice but to look for the missing pieces of our family. No choice.

We wont give up boys.

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