Farley Graham. WE WILL MISS YOU.

Last night my family said goodbye to our Farley.  How do I describe Farley...hmmm let me see. LOYAL.  Farley even since he arrived on Orchard Street has been a loyal dog, best friend, protector, master.

I remember when Brian brought him home, opened the door to my parents house and let him run in.  I remember the laugh that came out of my Dad, and I think he said " He's so ugly he's cute".  Well that started the next 13 years with Farley.  Farley was not a very affectionate dog, not like Auggy, who will sit on your lap til the cows come home, but Farley let you know he loved you.  I would smother him with kisses, rush home from work to see him, buy him presents, talk to him like he was a person. Everyone would say Lori will you leave that dog alone, he doesn't like it.  However, I know Farley loved it, as years went on and Auggy came along, that little guy never forgot me. If I pulled up in front of the house he would shoot off that porch and bark til I acknowledged him, if i walked into my sister's house, his tail wagged and he would be at my feet til I gave him one of those kisses or hugs he " hated" when he was puppy, as he got older and would bark at me because he didn't see so well,  I would yell " Farley it's me", he would look at me as if he were saying " sorry Aunt Lori, I'm getting old, I can't see you that well ".   If I sat on the floor , after a few minutes of him and Auggy duking it out, Farley always won out , would wiggle his way in front of me , turn around so his back was to me , sit down, look back as if to say ok now pet me, rub my ears, rub my belly, I was here before Auggy so I am going first.

I loved that dog so much, so much, he was my buddy. Sometimes I would get aggravated and say Farley, buddy, I don't always have food.
I will SORELY miss giving him his bone , him taking it, turning around with it hanging out his mouth and run off to his temporary santcuary like he just won the lottery.

I realized today , if you were good to Farley, Farley was good to you , again going back to the word LOYAL. 

I will miss him staying at my house when Mar and Brian went away, pacing all night, up and down the steps, on the bed, off the bed, barking, back off the bed, back downstairs, back upstairs.  He liked to be home, didn't like his world shifted in anyway. He liked knowing Brian was one room away and not a state away or not coming back to say " Where's my main man ?."

I will miss taking him to the groomers and having to say " This one's a little fiesty" and then walking back him in to get him hours later and hearing him bark when I said I am here to pick up Farley and Auggy because he heard my voice , as if he were saying " Aunt Lori get me out of this cage ".

I will miss him making sure that like me he always knew where Auggy was, always had his back , and never let anyone mess with his Auggy.

I will miss slipping him an extra treat even after Brian said no more he had enough , I just dimed myself out but I dont care, that was our moment, our little laugh like HEHE, here you go buddy.

I will miss giving him a bath in the backyard, and when he was done saying go ahead Far, and he would run up and down the backyard at warped speed, find the first dirt patch and roll in it as if he was saying " I hated that what's wrong with being dirty ? ".

Farley,

I only hope I was half to you what you were to me.  You were an old soul.  Reminded all of us of Nono and I as re read this I realize you two really were alike in a lot of ways.  Simple, Grounded, Loving , Protective, Chubby ( LOL ), but most of all LOYAL. So last night when you left us, I know he was there waiting for you , probably calling your name  to come his way.  I picture the two of you walking back to his Heaven, happy to be together again and that truly makes me happy.  My two big guys in the sky watching over us.

Thanks for all the good years, the love , the barks, the tail wags, and your loyalty.

I LOVE YOU FARLEY GRAHAM

Aunt Lori