SO glad he's back!
Rose darted off one day due to a thunderstorm approaching and whoever let her outside not paying attention. We drove around EVERYWHERE trying to find her with no luck. Searched for a LONG time, hollered for her, nothing...she was gone all that day and night. The next morning she still wasn't home and I was pretty sure she had gotten hit, or bolted so far she got confused and couldn't find her way home. She was old, going deaf/blind, looked like crap, wearing a collar but no idea...even if someone had found her, I don't think they would have thought she was owned.
As I was leaving for work, here comes Rose, trotting up the field, covered in burrs, and happy as can be as if nothing was wrong.
I never want to feel that feeling ever again, so I can totally understand how you felt. So glad he's home safe.