Naming Willow

Warren and willow, May 16, 2009

(We picked out Summer, our next golden retriever, on Sunday. More on that later. Today here is my remembrance of how Willow got her name.)

CRASH! Cj and I jumped. Again.

We were in a bar on a Saturday afternoon not too far from where we lived. We thought we’d try it out, have some lunch, and talk about what we would name the puppy.

Onyah had died the day after Easter 2009. She was a little more than 11 years old and had been declining for some time. Th...