Robert Joseph ‘Robbi’ Briggs

I like to offer my condolence to all my family and Robbie’s children, grandchildren and wife he sadly left behind .And I’d like to explain the life I was fortunate enough to spend with him and also offer my love and suport to my family as we all try to come to terms with this great loss , and try to come to terms with the fact that he’s gone , try to sense of the whole we feel, while we try to acknowledge and except his gone.i can’t begin to explain what my family are going through all I can say is it is a tremendous loss and one that will take many years to understand why,, and try to make sense of the whole situation while each and everyone of us will be going over and over in our head looking for answers feeling guilt for many different reasons as we all try to transition through the grief period. And try to come to terms with him not being here anymore and the large sky that now leaves on our family his friends , work colleagues and people that got the opportunity to meet him.. if I could say something that may bring a little comfort to people at this time, I’d like to just say please smile when you reflect on a happy moment that you spent with him and smile this is what he would want you to remember him by. Robbie was always up for a yarn that always consisted of laughter and smiles I can’t explain the depth of sadness that has come over my family and his children while they tried to accept he’s gone and try to make sense of why this happened the guilt that this type of passing carries and the waves of emotion each and everyone of use have to go through. All I can say is please offer assistance , support and a caring ear to the people that loved him and be there for each other as we all make our way through the grieving period.
All I can say is I loved my cousin Robbie he was my best friend and I absolutely idolised him..We spent every moment we could together..We were best friends and cousins . about as as cousins . I’d like to explain the relationship Robbie and I shared together as we so close. And we both looked forward to every moment we got to spend with each other. We competed against each other as we coloured in, play snap or any other competitive game like bull rush in the playground at lunchtime. We knocked around the neighbourhood with an abundance friends ,cousins and other children that tagged along from playground to playground as they idolised Robbie and treated him like a celebrity lol. Plus everyone was shit scared of him due to his quick temper, his no back down attitude and his inability to not take shit off anyone no matter if they are Big or small.Robbie was a year younger than me but boy did I idolise him. Both of us were like two peas in a pod , we displayed a tuff and durable rough and tumble attitude, but deep down we were two kids that had a lot of love to give and wanted so desperately to be loved . personality wise we were both very likeable kids that attracted all the kids from the neighbourhood the one to join us and play. So many kids idolised Robbie and everyone wanted to be Robbie’s friend and be a part of the cool kids gang. I have so many funny and fond memories in the time we shared growing up together as best mates and cousins. Man did we get hurt As we flew down the side path of Nan‘s house on bikes ,tonka trucks or anything that had wheels and rolled . We also got into some mischief that most times saw us lined up together getting a bloody flogging.
My fondest memory is . Every Christmas we couldn’t wait for that one day to arrive so
Spend the whole day together unwrapped presents eating a roast dinner for lunch. Tossing small pieces of food we didn’t like out Nan‘s kitchen window and hoping the dog found it before our parents did. We had so much fun we all had so much fun playing with everyone of our cousins. then we finish the day with another tradition that consisted of us walking handyman as we cross the road through the caravan park and swimming at gorse track until we will be came cold and the day was ending then we tracked back to Nan‘s house and Robbie and I would discuss that sadness that Christmas Day ended and how excited we were for Christmas to come around again. Robbie and I had our own tradition he would sneak a beer from the esky and meet me at Nan’s it was my job was to try and sneaky a cigarette from Nan‘s packet of smoke. and we’d meet at the greenhouse to get half sloshed and talk about all kinds of shit as we made plans for the future and what we would like our adulthood to consist of and we always included details like , us raising our children in Sawtell, our kids attending Sawtell primary school and them kicking around the neighbourhood together and them getting the opportunity to be close like we were. Everything we done that we shouldn’t have been done we got caught for a man.did we have a sore ass , but you know what ? We happily wore every smack as we were just so happy to be together whenever the opportunity arose. I only wish we never moved from place to place so that I got even more opportunities to me to be near my cousin. I loved , idolised and admired so much. My biggest regret i face now as I look back at life is I really wish our hopes and dreams were reality and we would’ve been able to make those dreams happen so we could’ve kept that bond, remained inseparable , stayed together and raised our children together through our dreams would’ve been reality giving us much more time to spend together. I love you my little Cuz and I look forward to seeing you again when my time comes and I get the opportunity to enter heaven and finally live in the same neighbourhood as each other forever. Until then Cuz, i will always try to only remember the fond memories we share and not the circumstances that led you to heaven . Love you Cuz you’ll always be in my heart and I’ll always smile when I hear your chuckle and see your infectious smile in my mind.

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Robbie and I were best friends growing up. , we were virtually inseparable as wethen we could’ve saved his life and show you. There was an abundance of reasons why lifewas worth living have to feel so sad. And cause him to want to exit so early and in this particular way. keep asking had to endure all the pain and suffering whilsttrying to understand the past couple of weeksto go through