Lost puppy!

We had a big scare this past week...we lost our puppy! I always take our puppy, Belle, outside to go potty but every once in a while I'll let her out by herself and when I call her ten minutes later, she comes running. This is probably not the smartest thing to do because our yard is not enclosed yet but sometimes she takes for-ev-er to go potty and I don't have time to wait. Well, I learned my lesson the hard way! I let her outside and after ten minutes I called for her and she didn't come so I began walking around the house calling her name. She didn't come! I ran to the front of the house and the construction workers across the street said they saw her chasing a car down the street! I immediately began to panic thinking she had chased a car to the main road and had wandered away. I began running down the street screaming her name but there was no sign of her. I was trying really hard to hold back the tears as I ran back to the house to get in the car to look for her. Brandon began looking in all the neighbors' backyards while I went out in the car (with the kids) to look for her. At this point I am sobbing hysterically, wondering how I'm going to explain to Brenna that we've lost her dog. I cried harder and harder as I thought about our teeny (5 pound) puppy lost on the streets freezing and scared. I can't remember the last time I cried that hard. After looking for a while I decided to stop the car to say a prayer for help to find her. We kept looking for over an hour and still no luck. I even called Animal Control to see if anyone had reported a missing puppy but there hadn't been any calls. It was dark and late and we started heading home--unable to believe that our puppy was gone. I knew I wouldn't sleep that night. As we were pulling into the driveway, a friend of ours (who was helping us look for Belle) drove past the neighbor's house and.....there she was! She had been in their backyard! I don't know if she didn't hear us when we called or if she had been in their yard the entire time--we were just glad to see her! I was beyond relieved! We were so exhausted after that we all went home, said a prayer of thanks, and went to bed. And, as a result, we are building our block walls this weekend to enclose our backyard (it's about time)!