Travis Robbins Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Travis Robbins
From: Iowa

Comments:
Hi, my name is also Travis Robbins. Just decided to see what my name would bring up. Im sorry for your loss. I was surprised to see he has a brother named Brandon thats 3 years older, I am 3 years older than my brother Brandon. I hope you are all well.

Admin reply: Dear Travis, Thank you for your kind post on our son's Guestbook. It means so much to get communication related to Travis's name or anything that brings him into the present. How interesting that you also have a brother named Brandon and you two are 3 years apart. I've done that same search, to see what putting in our family names would reveal. It's such a small world. We are doing well, remembering all of the beautiful times we have had with our 3 sons and the new memories we make with Brandon and Jared and their wonderful families. I hope things are good in your world and with your family. Enjoy every moment you have together. Lovingly Claudia

Added: June 9, 2026

Submitted by
Name: Your Loving Mother (Post 3 of 3)
From: Home - Forest Ranch
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
(Part 3 of 3)

Loss does change you

Loving someone so deeply who has passed on is a painful journey …

I never thought I’d survive the pain

I not only survived the first days without you, but now 18 years more.

Grief is a slippery slope

We fall, we get up...

We fall again...We get up again

We fall less...We stay up longer

We grow forward

Until we meet again my beautiful son … I'll carry you everywhere, deep in my heart! I will always love you! Save me a spot in Heaven! Love Mom

#hellotoheaven #griefsurvivors #griefjourney #slipperyslope #mychildisinheaven #griefsurvivor #griefjourneys #sayhellotoheaven #brothersinheaven #untilwemeetagain

Added: March 19, 2024

Submitted by
Name: Your Loving Mother (Post 2 of 3)
From: Home - Forest Ranch
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Part 2 of 3

It was impossible to grasp the reality that you would never have a wife or children. Your unborn nieces and nephews would never meet you on Earth.

How do I continue on without your laughter and hugs to brighten my days …

How do your father, brothers, our family and your closest friends survive this loss

But as the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, with God's help, I slowly began to gather the fragments of my heart and piece them back together

With each passing day the has pain lessened, and the memories have become a source of comfort rather than sorrow

I carry you with me always, a cherished part of my past
that continues to guide me into the future

(Continue on to Part 3)

Added: March 19, 2024

Submitted by
Name: Your Loving Mother (Post 1 of 3)
From: Home - Forest Ranch
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Travis - I think back on the moment we lost you and how far we've come these 18 years since.

I remember my first day without you... I have never been the same

My last born… Travis. I fell in love with you in the womb, and again at your birth.

This was the 3rd time I felt this profound love

When you left this life, so did I The “old me”

I felt like the world had come crashing down around me, leaving me gasping for air

Wandering through a storm without an umbrella

My heart scattered in pieces

When someone you love deeply leaves this life, their absence creates a void that seems impossible to fill...A gaping hole

Fearing that you’ll never be whole again

Memories of time together floods your mind … Comforting
and agonizing

I had one foot on Earth and the other in Heaven

Wishing to be with you, Travis, again, but knowing my children (your brothers) and husband (Dad) needed me

(Continued on the next post)

Added: March 18, 2024

Submitted by
Name: Aunt Corine
From: USA
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
17 years is a long time to be separated from someone you love....but in light of eternity it's a moment in time. We spend March of each year in the Baja peninsula which is near where you were close to your heaven day. Many days this month I have thought of you. I keep hoping there is an ocean in heaven. You would know. While our hearts yearn for your smile and hugs we never forget the ones you shared with us for so many years. God is good all the time and we celebrate you being with Him today!!

Added: March 18, 2023

Submitted by
Name: Claudia - You're Mom
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Dear sweet son Travis. Dad and I have been compiling our Family Tree on Ancestry.com. I've added some of your handsome photos and the story from the first page of your website. It's coming up on 17 years this month since we hugged you for the last time and said goodbye as you began your final journey to North Dakota. Love and miss you more than ever. Heaven is so close but still so far! Our hearts will always carry our deep love for you! Looking forward to the day we be together again! Love always - Mom

Added: February 1, 2023

Submitted by
Name: Marisa Montalbo
From: Chico
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Hello friend. I apologize for not writing you sooner. The years have been flying by and life is so unapologetically happening Fast. Last night I had a bout of grief come over me and you popped in my mind. Our birthdays are next month and I can’t believe we’re 36 already. I was laying in the dark and I envisioned your face and I could clearly see the smile you used to carry and share with me. Grief is such a funny thing, you let so much time pass just to feel like you’re in the same spot as you were on day one. I wish I had something more lovely to say, but I’m hoping coming here helps my heart not be so heavy for you and your family. I’d like to wish upon a star and ask for the feelings of sadness to slowly fade into just happy memories, but it doesn’t work that way. I realize every day here is a good day, but I guess just some days are better than others. I love you so much, and I’ll blow out a candle for you next month .

Until I get there Friend,
MM

Added: July 20, 2022

Submitted by
Name: Big Brother
From: Lake Almanor
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Happy Birthday Buddy! You'd have been 35 today. Just wanted to drop a message to say hi and that i miss you. Miss your jokes, your laugh, your awesome sense of humor, and your great confidence. I remember the last big hug I gave you before you went on your journey. It'll be amazing to reunite someday and give you another huge hug. You will always be missed and never forgotten. You wouldn't believe the Insanity that's going on in this world right now. Glad this isn't our forever home. Love you brother! Brandon

Added: August 21, 2021

Submitted by
Name: Aunt Corine
From: USA
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
The Spring once more has brought me to remembrance that Travis is in his heavenly home. I can only imagine the home he is building with his cousins and Uncles not to mention his Grandpas. We will occupy here until our time comes to go but we will never forget our love for Travis and the years we had with all those we now miss. Love all of you who are left behind!

Added: March 25, 2021

Submitted by
Name: Claudia Robbins
From: Home
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Part 2 - So much has happened since you left! The safety of Heaven sounds pretty good about now. Uncle Jim, Aunt Colette, Cousin Amanda and her baby, Papa, Onie, and Grandpa have all joined you in your beautiful heavenly home. Multiple family members lost their homes in the Paradise fire November 8th, 2018 which turned everyone's world upside down and now the whole world has gone crazy with the Corona Virus. We feel pretty helpless down here - so glad to know God is still on the throne and in control when we don't know what to do. Can't wait to join you and be done with all of this - but we're stuck here for now!

Uncle Phil said we should all go outside and practice 'Rapture Exercises'. We should put our hands in the air and try to jump as high as we can. LOL. Someday my sweet son - we'll be together again. Until then, we'll keep sharing your memory and essence! Hugs Mom

Added: March 18, 2020