Sadie

BEFORE:

AND AFTER:

It was fate that we got a dog, simply because all 6 six of us agreed on two things:  the dog herself and her name.

With the help of our dog genius friend, we found her.  We had to steer June away from the Chihuahua puppies, but since Sadie (then Holly) was the only dog we took on a walk, the support was easily unanimous.

Her name, however, was a process of elimination.  Will wrote down his suggestions. Clara was the scribe for June and John.  Names on the table were:

Will:  Apopthis, Maat, Siri, Iskonder, Silion, Nista, Nut, Nepthys, Horus, Artemis, Hestia, Demeter, Bast, Athena, Isis, Sadie

Clara:  Sweetie the Dog, Star-Star, Starie, Softie, Pomie

June:  Sam, Fifty Jo Gina, Lillian, Lilipad, Lily

John:  Jeff

No offense to all those names - mythological, affectionate, or familiar.  (Here they are above, tucked between the family pledge not to bite, hit or pull hair, and the immortal Christmas countdown.)  I'm sure we would have loved an Iskonder, a Nepthys, or another Jeff.  And I sure did love Sam the cat and Fifty Jo Gina the fish, if only for her name.  But we all seemed to agree on Sadie.  A miracle, really.  Just like her.