Where can you start? There are so many great things you can say about Rob. I've known him for about 8 years now and he has always been one of my best friends. He was probably the happiest and funniest person I've ever met. He never had a care in the world which went so well with his laid back personality. He was always so cool and never let anything get to him. Once again, he was also probably the funniest person I've met. When I was talking to somebody at my work about him, he said you were always laughing with him or at him. That's the best way to describe him. I remember years ago when we were waiting for the bus to come, Rob was running late and was rushing to get on the bus and he was almost there and his book bag unzipped and his papers went everywhere all over the road. You couldn't help but laugh because he was actually holding up our bus and another bus. Yet, he was still able to laugh at himself and the situation. That's probably what I'm going to miss the most about him. No matter how bad the day was going, when you talked to Rob he always made you smile and laugh. I'm also going to miss how he always called me Judy instead of Justin (long story). He was the only person who always called me that. I'm also going to miss just hanging out, playing football or basketball, listening to DMX with him, and so many more things. He made everything we did together with our friends that much better. He was the type of person who was always there for you and he always put other people before himself, especially his family. I could clearly see that he truly loved his parents, adored his little sisters, and had a great friendship with his older brother. He was one of the few people I know that I could say was like a brother to me. He was always over my house or I was always over his house before we both had jobs. About a week ago, his mom told me she knew he loved me like a brother. Well, it was the same way around. I loved him like a brother and if I would have known that day was going to be the last time I saw him, I definitely would have told him. It was an unspoken thing that we both knew though. Rob was an amazing friend that I'll forever miss...but never forget.
Justin Harrigan
10-5-02

WHO KNEW THAT THE SAME DAY HE STRIPPED WOULD BE THE SAME DAY HE WAS RIPPED FROM THIS LIFE AND TAKEN HOME TO BE WITH GOD,THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY HARD, JUST SITTIN BACK THINKIN OF ALL THE TIMES WE HAD, AND THE HARDEST THING IS, NONE OF IT WAS BAD, I STILL SIT HERE SOMETIMES AND THINK THAT IT'S NOT REAL, THEN I LOOK DOWN AT MY ARM AND I REALIZE THAT IT'S REAL, I STARE AT ROBS PICTURE HANGIN ON MY WALL, AND REMEMBER ALL THE TIMES I PICKED UP THE PHONE TO HIM SAYING "YOU WANNA BALL ", ALL THE TIMES WE RODE IN HIS CAR LISTENING TO MUSIC, HE WOULD GIVE ME NEW STUFF TO LISTEN TO AND I'D ASK WHOSE THIS, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE WOULDN'T SPEAK, BUT THAT NORMALLY DIDN'T LAST A WEEK, THEN ONE OF US WOULD CALL THE OTHER AND WE'D SWAP FUNNY STORIES AND MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH, I REALLY MISS THAT LAUGH,IF NOTHING ELSE BONDS ROB AND ME,THERE IS ONE SPECIAL THING THAT FEW PEOPLE HAD SEEN, THE LAST PASS ROB THREW WAS A TOUCHDOWN TO WIN THE LAST GAME HE WOULD SEE AND THAT LAST TOUCHDOWN PASS WAS A PASS TO ME, I MAY NOT HAVEBEEN THE SAME THING TO HIM BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAD HIS BROTHER, HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, I KNOW THERES PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT I DO, REPRESENTING THOSE PEOPLE LET ME SAY, ROB THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EVER REPAY YOU,FOR EVERY SMILE THAT YOU GAVE AND JUST BEING YOU IN YOUR OWN LITTLE WAY, BOBBERT LASTED THROUGH EVERY GIRLFRIEND AS I DID FOR HIM, AND IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE THE DAY THAT HE DIED I WAS TALKIN ABOUT HIM BEING A HUSBAND AND HOW HE WAS GONNA BE LATE TO HIS OWN WEDDING, NOW I'M DREADING WAKING UP AND KNOWING THAT HE'S GONE, ROB'S BODY MAY BE STAGNANT BUT HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON, EVERY ONE OF US HAS SEEN IT WHEN WE LOOK AT HIS PICTURES AND WE SEE THAT SMILE ALL THE WHILE THINKING THINGS LIKE HE SHOULD STILL BE HERE AND WHY'D HE HAVE TO GO, COULDN'T THEY LET HIM HIT 20 YEARS,AND THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THATS JUST HALFWAY GOOD ABOUT MISSING MY BOY, IT'S KNOWING HE'S WITH GOD AND MIXING TEARS OF SORROW WITH TEARS OF JOY. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO WRITE BUT IF I WROTE FOREVER I COULDN'T SAY HALF THE THINGS I WANT TO. ROB WAS THERE FOR ME WHENEVER I NEEDED HIM AND I WON'T EVER FORGET IT. WHEN PEOPLE READ WHAT I WROTE I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK OF ME, I WANT THEM TO THINK OF ROB SO I AM NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME. BOBBERT KNOWS WHO WROTE IT AND HE KNOWS WE ALL MISS HIM SO VERY MUCH. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE GONE I KNEW YOU'D BE WITH ME FOREVER
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