This morning bright and early, a friend of ours Allen climbed up the tree to retrieve Charlie. Unfortunately, Charlie didn’t know him, so the minute Allen finally had Charlie who was about 20 feet up in the tree in his arms, Charlie tried to climb back up the tree- but Allen grabbed him.

There was about a 10 minute claw struggle until Allen finally disengaged Charlie’s claws from his shoulder and dropped him down to me. God was in control because I caught this pesky orange kitty safely in a down-filled coat and hustled him inside.

Now, he can’t get enough loving and he seems to be okay. He isn’t eating, but that is to be expected after the stress of being treed overnight. I will continue to watch him for signs that he might be ill, but for now I am smiling, because God was in control and Charlie is home again!