We had lots of great fishing days. Bretts haibut caught off his longboard...
My time with Rat was brief yes, but the memories we made and the impact he had on my heart will last a lifetime. Reed Child I am so sorry it has taken this long for me to leave this for you. Rat I miss you still so much. I am very grateful that I got to be apart of your life and your families lives.
I have so many moments that are special. For one, I called Brett “rat” and we had other nick names, but one of my favorites is from Reed.. Niney Nute. When I met Brett let’s just say I came from a different place lol. We didn’t actually have a lot in common. The only things we shared were the love for the ocean and music. I couldn’t understand why Bryan,Troy, Rehab, Perv, white head, and Oaf were calling each other grom? Even though I lived so far away we were inseparable. I had to move closer. My favorite memories are sitting in the Vista apartment watching our nightly shows with Reed (which I can’t name here lol beeb he would be mad!) to working out in the gym together. We would squish in Bryan’s truck to go get tattooed. We would take Reed’s truck and listen to the bad religion cassette tape all the way to the campgrounds. I miss video taping his every move in the water and watching Bryan run over body boarders lol. No surfing for me… It was my job to video tape and make sure “no barn yard farmers get near the rat cave” When I think of Rat I think of his eyes and smile that so many of you have mentioned. I like to think about my birthday one year where he was gone up north working with Oaf and it he wasn’t going to be able to make it home to celebrate. Reed told me to go out and get Cleat. We just moved into the Oceanside condo and Cleat would hide in the bushes by our window. I finally found her and when I turned around to bring her in there he was with those big green eyes and unforgettable smile. I was so surprised. I won’t forget the times we would eat the whip cream straight from the can and he would always put a little on the tile for cleat. I will always miss and remember the house full of sand, the tomatoes, his French toast, pinches, fixing the surfboards with white head, laughing non stop at Reebler talking in his sleep, watching the videos and making the videos, listening to Brandon tell stories about what Rat would make him do when he was little, the bonfires, learning to do the quack, jumping the fence at campgrounds, carving C.G.L. South Side into everything, and living and breathing the beach everyday. There are so many moments where he touched my heart. But don't you know I'm the only one who can call her honey, She’s a knockout! Whenever times got tough for me Rat would always wipe my face and tell me to keep my tears in my pouch because kangaroos don’t cry. "If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven, and bring you home again.” – Anonymous
Brett I miss you and will never forget you. You took my heart a long time ago and you will always have a piece of it. I love and miss you. Roo still sits on my bed with CGL on its chest. When we meet again we will bring Cleat’s dead animals in to your mom again singing mam in na mam in na mam, tell Tracy together, “want some get some, bad enough take some…Hot Sauce!”, feed doughnuts to horses while surfinig in Mexixo with Bryan, look at pictures of Indonesia with your Dad, and make sculptures out of surfboard resin together lol.
I know you can see all of this love that is still pouring out of our hearts today for you. You were and always will be one in a million. Your heart, your spirit, your passion, and talent will always be remembered. “In The Night!”
I love you Rat. I love you Reed.
Love always, your Roo Roo
you are miss so much. it seem's just yesterday we were fishing at big sandy catching trout. really miss my fishing buddy!!!RIP my friend we will meet and fish big sandy again. Please watch over your mom and your brother they need you....
