Jake Finigan ("JJ's Free Ride"): August 24, 2002 - May 12, 2014
An Open Letter To Jake
We wanted to thank you for sharing your life with us. We know every story has a beginning and an end - it's what happens between the first sentence and the last sentence that is important.
You were so photogenic, and every picture of you seemed regal; but we knew better: you weren't the king, you were the jester. Bouncing up stairs, running to your bed each night and wriggling on your back with paws waving at the ceiling (you really looked forward to that memory-foam bed). Answering each singing truck with a your own song (we can't now hear a fire truck without thinking of you).
You visited countless homes and dozens of meet and greets as an ambassador for all Greyhounds. How many who met you wanted this "floor model?" You loved people petting you, you loved children, and you shamelessly doted on your mother. Now that you have unwillingly left us, know we miss you and thank you for sharing your story with us. Your bed right now is full of memory foam. Sleep well, Jake.
-Jerry Finigan
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