God looked around his Garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon his earth and saw your loving face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. His Garden must be beautiful, he always takes the best. As the days come and go and the world moves on,I know you're still here, you'll never be gone. On the night the Angel came andtook your hand, we cried as you left for an unknown land. But Heaven rejoiced as you came into sight,for your soul was a diamond, shining so bright!
Please post your personal stories that brought the same smile to your face that we so often saw on Brenan's bright face. ** If you would like to contribute photos to the blog, please email them to mailto:bthomsonblog@gmail.com
Thank you for sharing this. I wish I could have been there to release one of those. Jamie and Cody hang in there and you remain in my prayers. We will see you soon. Brad
brenan, i just want you to know that i love you. Although I didn't get to see you much because of things going on in my life I loved seeing your beautiful blue eyes when i would walk into my dad's house. i cherish the time when i asked if you would be my "little boyfriend" and you made sure that it was okay with your mom first. One of the biggest reasons I loved going to my dad's house was to see all your artwork on the walls, and your skate board and bike in my garage. Even though you said i had cooties, i loved when you would hug me. when you weren't at my house your mom always told stories about you and Lil Ry. I can see it right now, you're up in heaven doing kick-flips and 360's. Rylen is trying to teach me how to skate now, maybe I should go to sk8 asylum, just like you did. I just want you to know that I will always take care of your mom, Madi, and Ryry, you will never have to worry. I love you, buddy. And like the song says "heaven is a half pipe" much love, Rylee Christie
Brenan, sat on your bedroom floor this morning going through your homework and all of your pictures... what a talented little boy we were blessed with. We miss you so much son. Please watch us all from heaven and help us keep eachother strong. We love you to the moon and back a million, billion, zillion times!!! xoxo <3
Brenan, I dont know you but Im very close with NicoleMangola, and in fourth grade me and Madison were really good friends(: I was in tears when I heard about this but I never knew you and thats ok. From what i gathered, you were a bright little boy full of energy and loved by alot!<33 Im so sorry for your family and your friends. Everyone is thinking about you..Weinberg kids made little papers about you(: TooCutee<3 RIP and See you soon(:
Brenan, You don't know how much I have been hurting without seeing you and Rylen everyday! I was yours, Madisons, and Rylens older sister Nicole and Jamie's and Cody's oldest daughter. I skype with Rylen and Madison a lot! I try to talk to them as much, but most of the time she is in Iowa! But she will move back and we will be closer than ever!! Brenan my heart hurts every single time I think of you! Oh and everything i get now is purple. I want you to give me loves again, I miss our fights, and most of all Brenan I miss you! <3 You will always be in my heart babe!! ~Nicole Mangola
brenan we all miss you and love you and we all will watch after rylens and now my favorite color is purple and ive always loved to bike and most of all we all love you
brenan, I remember when me and Madison were friends in the 5th grade and whenever I would go over there we would play restraunt and me and madi when make you and rylen mac-n-cheese, I also remember at school when madi and me werent friends anymore and when school was over you and her would walk to the back gate so your parents could pick you guys up and I would usually walk behind you guys and when madi would see me and she told you not to say hi but when she wasnt looking you would turn your head, smile, and wave. I wish me and madi would have stayed friends so that I could have got to know you for a little longer. <3 -Sarina
My sons Brenan and Rylen have spent countless hours in each others company. From the day my younger son Rylen was born, Brenan was given an instant best friend. I can think of very few times in the last few years of a separate memory for either of my sons. Whether it was following around and torturing their older sister Madison or the times when she and her friends actually let them in. They rarely spent any time apart. In recent times, one of "the boys" favorite games to play was "fantasy factory". They spent hours on their skateboards and bikes, and I swear their little fingers should have been callused from all the hours of flipping around teck decks and the tiny little bikes. Brenan being the big brother and boss he usually got to be Rob Dyrdek and (like a good lil' drama) Rylen always followed suit and went along with the latest project or idea. Brenan’s imagination was as endless as his brothers willingness to follow. One of my favorite memories of my two sons is what I like to call the "marsh mellow foam pit incident"... I'm laughing through tears just thinking about telling it. One particular night the boys and I had made it to the grocery store late and the only way to make it through that situation as painless and quickly as possible with 5 and 6 yr old boys was the promise of making rice crispy treats. We proceed to get all we will need including an industrial size box of rice crispies and 2 bags of mini marsh mellows, by the time we make it home, its late and moms tired, boys are cranky and somehow I managed to convince them that we needed to wait until the next morning to make these treats. We all go to bed and I wake the next morning to a little trail of tech decks and little white squishy things I have yet to really identify as I am yawning and still wiping my eyes. I keep on this mini skateboard trail to find my 2 precious naughty little boys with sticky marsh mellow faces and the biggest bright yellow bowl I have, filled to the top with little white marsh mellows jumping in teck deck after tech deck. The look on Brendan’s face is stuck in my memory and for that I am so thankful. He knew full well mom was going to be a little upset but it was worth it to Brenan, because the look in his eyes as he told me "don't worry mom, this is the fantasy factory and we are just jumping in the foam pit", that was enough to make me sit down with a smile and flip a few of those tiny skateboards into those marsh mellows myself. I wish now I could remember what skater Brenan told me I had to be, usually Ryan Sheckler (cause he's moms favorite) or Tony Hawk or even Nyjah Houston who won Street League when we went. Or even what trick I had to practice or what trick he was showing me because he was so full of life and so full of ideas that the rest of us just usually sat back and listened or took his direction and now he isn't here to tell me. We lost a precious little boy that terrible Saturday afternoon but Brenan would rather us say we lost a future pro skater, bmxer or future artist for DC, Volcom or Monster as he drew those logos everywhere. I can only hope that those who never had the chance to meet Brenan can see all that in his smile and that his little brother and sidekick Rylen will never forget what an amazing little dude he was.
An image from the Service on Friday,
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I think Stacy Urbanski said it best.. "There's a new little angel in heaven and he's got the bluest eyes"
- Craig
Thank you for sharing this. I wish I could have been there to release one of those. Jamie and Cody hang in there and you remain in my prayers. We will see you soon.
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brenan,
ReplyDeletei just want you to know that i love you. Although I didn't get to see you much because of things going on in my life I loved seeing your beautiful blue eyes when i would walk into my dad's house. i cherish the time when i asked if you would be my "little boyfriend" and you made sure that it was okay with your mom first. One of the biggest reasons I loved going to my dad's house was to see all your artwork on the walls, and your skate board and bike in my garage. Even though you said i had cooties, i loved when you would hug me. when you weren't at my house your mom always told stories about you and Lil Ry. I can see it right now, you're up in heaven doing kick-flips and 360's. Rylen is trying to teach me how to skate now, maybe I should go to sk8 asylum, just like you did. I just want you to know that I will always take care of your mom, Madi, and Ryry, you will never have to worry. I love you, buddy. And like the song says "heaven is a half pipe"
much love, Rylee Christie
Brenan, sat on your bedroom floor this morning going through your homework and all of your pictures... what a talented little boy we were blessed with. We miss you so much son. Please watch us all from heaven and help us keep eachother strong. We love you to the moon and back a million, billion, zillion times!!! xoxo <3
ReplyDeleteBrenan, I dont know you but Im very close with NicoleMangola, and in fourth grade me and Madison were really good friends(:
ReplyDeleteI was in tears when I heard about this but I never knew you and thats ok. From what i gathered, you were a bright little boy full of energy and loved by alot!<33
Im so sorry for your family and your friends. Everyone is thinking about you..Weinberg kids made little papers about you(: TooCutee<3
RIP and See you soon(:
Thanks for the picture Jamie, Brenan now sits at my computer desk as a constant reminder to keep fighting for him <3
ReplyDeleteBrenan,
ReplyDeleteYou don't know how much I have been hurting without seeing you and Rylen everyday! I was yours, Madisons, and Rylens older sister Nicole and Jamie's and Cody's oldest daughter. I skype with Rylen and Madison a lot! I try to talk to them as much, but most of the time she is in Iowa! But she will move back and we will be closer than ever!! Brenan my heart hurts every single time I think of you! Oh and everything i get now is purple. I want you to give me loves again, I miss our fights, and most of all Brenan I miss you! <3 You will always be in my heart babe!!
~Nicole Mangola
brenan we all miss you and love you and we all will watch after rylens and now my favorite color is purple and ive always loved to bike and most of all we all love you
ReplyDeleteWe love you Brody! Brenan is with you always!! <3
ReplyDeletebrenan,
ReplyDeleteI remember when me and Madison were friends in the 5th grade and whenever I would go over there we would play restraunt and me and madi when make you and rylen mac-n-cheese, I also remember at school when madi and me werent friends anymore and when school was over you and her would walk to the back gate so your parents could pick you guys up and I would usually walk behind you guys and when madi would see me and she told you not to say hi but when she wasnt looking you would turn your head, smile, and wave. I wish me and madi would have stayed friends so that I could have got to know you for a little longer. <3
-Sarina
By: Jamie Thomson (Mommy)
ReplyDeleteMy sons Brenan and Rylen have spent countless hours in each others company. From the day my younger son Rylen was born, Brenan was given an instant best friend. I can think of very few times in the last few years of a separate memory for either of my sons. Whether it was following around and torturing their older sister Madison or the times when she and her friends actually let them in. They rarely spent any time apart. In recent times, one of "the boys" favorite games to play was "fantasy factory". They spent hours on their skateboards and bikes, and I swear their little fingers should have been callused from all the hours of flipping around teck decks and the tiny little bikes. Brenan being the big brother and boss he usually got to be Rob Dyrdek and (like a good lil' drama) Rylen always followed suit and went along with the latest project or idea. Brenan’s imagination was as endless as his brothers willingness to follow. One of my favorite memories of my two sons is what I like to call the "marsh mellow foam pit incident"... I'm laughing through tears just thinking about telling it. One particular night the boys and I had made it to the grocery store late and the only way to make it through that situation as painless and quickly as possible with 5 and 6 yr old boys was the promise of making rice crispy treats. We proceed to get all we will need including an industrial size box of rice crispies and 2 bags of mini marsh mellows, by the time we make it home, its late and moms tired, boys are cranky and somehow I managed to convince them that we needed to wait until the next morning to make these treats. We all go to bed and I wake the next morning to a little trail of tech decks and little white squishy things I have yet to really identify as I am yawning and still wiping my eyes. I keep on this mini skateboard trail to find my 2 precious naughty little boys with sticky marsh mellow faces and the biggest bright yellow bowl I have, filled to the top with little white marsh mellows jumping in teck deck after tech deck. The look on Brendan’s face is stuck in my memory and for that I am so thankful. He knew full well mom was going to be a little upset but it was worth it to Brenan, because the look in his eyes as he told me "don't worry mom, this is the fantasy factory and we are just jumping in the foam pit", that was enough to make me sit down with a smile and flip a few of those tiny skateboards into those marsh mellows myself. I wish now I could remember what skater Brenan told me I had to be, usually Ryan Sheckler (cause he's moms favorite) or Tony Hawk or even Nyjah Houston who won Street League when we went. Or even what trick I had to practice or what trick he was showing me because he was so full of life and so full of ideas that the rest of us just usually sat back and listened or took his direction and now he isn't here to tell me. We lost a precious little boy that terrible Saturday afternoon but Brenan would rather us say we lost a future pro skater, bmxer or future artist for DC, Volcom or Monster as he drew those logos everywhere. I can only hope that those who never had the chance to meet Brenan can see all that in his smile and that his little brother and sidekick Rylen will never forget what an amazing little dude he was.