Another shout-out to Rene...for creating a truly beautiful remembrance of our Angel Tripawd Warrior Princess Roxie Lou Roo Roo. 

Just before we left to visit friends in Maine for a few days, I contacted Rene about making a plaque for our back deck.  We’d had it renovated this summer, and had the contractor build a dog ramp into the re-design.  The whole project took so long I’d half-joked to him that I was afraid she wouldn’t see it finished.  It was wrapped up about a week before she passed, and she thought it was VERY cool, and much more fitting for her Royal Self than the folding metal ramp we’d used.  After she passed, quad GSD Smokey started to use the ramp all the time (in solidarity with his Angel Sis).  All Rene and I discussed was the size and that it would say”Roxie’s Ramp” and she said she’d start thinking about the design.  We left town, had a great time, and came back.  I came home from my first crappy day at work and found a padded envelope in the mail from Tripawds...with this gorgeous plaque inside.  The copper just glows and so is hard to photograph well (YES I’m a photodolt as well as a technodolt –big surprise!!), but there’s an angel above her name, 3 paws on the right, and 4 hearts across the bottom.  We finished staining and waterproofing the deck over last weekend and then put up the plaque.  It’s been well-christened.   It’s my touchstone each time I use the back steps, and think of Roxie and of yet another great gift shared from Rene’s heart and hands.  It’s beyond what I could have imagined and it will be long-cherished.  If we ever sell this house I’ll probably cut the post off and take it with me.  Hearts and hugs many times over to Jerry!!!        

 

Liz and Angel Roxie Lou