Good Good Friday: especially for Sergeant Rex

It’s shaping up to be a very good Good Friday.
Despite the storms in DFW area, East Texas old timers are pretty smug. Things holdin’ to folk tradition: no matter the recent mild weather, no matter how long it’s been since the last frost, there’s always a bad storm just before Good Friday.

The rural farmers always said it happened to remind folks what Easter was about.

Funny thing is, that there does always seem to be extreme weather Easter week.

Odd, that.

(But probably doesn’t really have anything to do with that new show GCB set in Dallas. Seriously. It doesn’t)

Anyway, after any storm there’s usually a rainbow and a sense of peace.

Sergeant Rex and his best friend, Megan Leavey (image: Daily.mail.co.uk)

One storm appears to be almost over:

Megan Leavey’s struggle to adopt Sergeant Rex, the military dog.

(Paws crossed.)

• A source in Lackland said earlier this week their part is done and Rex is released from them.
• Sen. Charles Schumer says Megan and Rex are to be united Friday. (Orange County Register and CBS News, NY)
• Randy and Mindy Levine of the New York Yankees deserve a big round of applause from everyone. They are offering to pay for Megan’s travel expenses to California to pick up Rex. In additions, they have promised to take fund all or Rex’s future medical bills.
• Meagan Leavey lives in Valley Cottage, N.Y and works as a dog handler for a private security company.
• In retirement, Rex will join a pack including Rocky (the 7 yrs shiba inu) and Patriot (4 yrs. working Labrador). And he will be able to dog paddle leisurely around a pool and lounge in the sun to bake those aging joints. Sounds perfect.

So hopefully DFW will get all those planes back in the air and straighten out the flight backlog. Rex is waiting.

Here’s a posted comment from Megan’s aunt, Marion Leavey:

“Cpl Megan Leavey is my niece and once again she made the entire family proud,I remember shortly after 911 she,like so many other young men and women decided to join the military.We held our breath and with great trepidation watched as she was deployed to IRAQ.When we received news that she was wounded on a combat mission we all prayed that she would be ok.Megan came home and recovered from her injuries.When she heard that they might have to put Rex down she knew she could never allow that to happen, A MARINE LEAVES NO ONE BEHIND, thank you Megan and Rex for your service and let me thank all the people that helped to make this happen.”

Certainly can’t add anything to that.

(Other than support pending legislation concerning military dogs)

Sergeant Rex's official portrait from Camp Pendleton

Semper fidelis.

The Marines got it from them. “Ever faithful”

It’s going to be a great Good Friday

UPDATE:

Click for the ABC news video of the Good Friday reunion of Rex and Meagan

Click for the NBC news video of the reunion of the 2 combat Marine vets.

Thanks to all who got involved,

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Related posts:

• “Sergeant Rex cleared to pack for Megan’s” ( Update on the process. And another dog, Crock)
• ” Save Sergeant Rex. Guardians watching” ( Links to Rex’s story “Tales from the Triangle of Death”, PTSD in dogs, and his recent  book signing with pictures)
• “Senator: Save Sergeant Rex” (Petition link. Link to Marine Times)
•  “Saving Sergeant Rex: waiting warrior status”  Find out about legislation that would help military dogs. ( HB 4103 and S.2134). 
• “Update Saving Sergeant Rex” ( Link to Rex’s book by a former handler)
• “Saving Sergeant Rex”  (Original post with photos, videos, Links about military dogs – how you can help them. They need equipment. Link to adoption information.)