Lexy

What you see in the attached photo is a dog. More specifically a Golden Retriever. One might say she’s a cute dog, or even a pretty dog. Then again, one might not even know she’s a she. Like most dogs, she’s warm, lovable, and fills the role as a “Family Dog.” What you can’t see in this picture is all the happiness, joy, and good laughs she has brought to our family.

Her American Kennel Club registration papers identify her as “Tyler’s Little Shadow Princess Lexy.” We call her Lexy, Lex, Roo, Slider, Ruby Red, and a bunch of other names. She was born in Oklahoma on a farm. One of eight pups, her personality from the start even amused the family she started her life with. When we first met Lexy, we knew we wanted a female pup, but we had the choice of several female pups. Lexy seemed to seek us out. Of her siblings, she was the most aggressive, but immediately won us all over. The vote to pick her was unanimous.

Lexy was not to be the only family dog when we got her, and she had to earn the love of another family dog, a golden like her, named Tyler. It was almost two years, before he become fond of his pesky little sister. What makes Lexy special is all the joy and happiness, and many good laughs she brings to us , to include a very difficult time for our family. We had moved to Oklahoma, leaving all of our family behind in New Jersey, including my father who was terminally ill. None of us were happy, and laughs were hard to find. No matter how hard we all tried, getting settled in our new home, schools, and jobs, was not easy.

None of us would have expected that a tiny puppy would be able to fill our lives with such big laughs. From the start her curiosity in learning her new world always seemed to lead to new adventures for her, and the occasional chuckle from us. It seemed she provided us with something to focus on rather than on what we were missing on back in New Jersey. As time passed, we were able to get back closer to home, and our family. Lexy came into our lives at a time when we needed a bit more happiness, and a few more laughs. If a doctor were to order the perfect pill to cure our blues, Lexy would have been the magic pill.

It's been almost 7 years since Lexy's adoption into our family and we couldn't love her more. She lost her brother Tyler, but has since become the older sister of Luke. This is another whole posting! To this day, she is still a source of amusement to us all, and has not yet lost any of her puppy playfulness or curiosity about her world, and we are grateful.