Layla Barletta

Nov 2014 - Dec 2025

“I’ve loved you for 11 years. It all started just me and you. I’ll never forget the day I picked you up from the shelter. Just a little skinny scared baby sitting in the back of your kennel. People thought I was crazy adopting a dog my first year of graduate school. How funny that it turned out to be one of my greatest blessings. I called you my first born because you were the first heart that made me feel like a mother. My favorite part of life with you was watching you gain a dad and 2 sisters that grew to love you as much as I did.  You were there for so many chapters in our lives and I would give anything to have you here for more of them. It feels like we will never recover from losing you but we find peace in knowing you are in the most beautiful place without anymore pain.

Our sweet Layla, you made our lives so much better just by being in it. It has been such a privilege to love you your whole life, now we will miss you for the rest of ours. I bet you look so beautiful with wings my girl, run free.🌈🕊️”

-Alyssa Barletta