Wednesday, February 11, 2015

ADRIAN SUSKIN DIED ON 23 NOVEMBER 2014 AFTER 6 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF HIS DIAGNOSIS OF STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER.
OUR DEVASTATED FAMILY LOST A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, FATHER, HUSBAND AND UNCLE AND WHILST WE ARE STILL GRIEVING AND MOURNING OUR LOSS WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME HE ENJOYED LIFE WHERE THE PROGNOSIS WAS NEVER BRILLIANT.
WE ENCOURAGED HIM TO WRITE THE BLOG AS A WAY OF DEALING WITH THE CONSTANT CALLS AND THE UNBELIEVABLE CONCERN THAT EVERYONE SHOWED. FRIENDS AND FAMILY JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW HE WAS AND THROUGH THIS MEDIUM HE WAS ABLE TO SHARE THE DIFFICULT TIMES AND THE MAGIC TIMES AND A LITTLE OF THE ENORMITY OF WHAT HE ACHIEVED.
HE WAS IMMENSELY PROUD AND SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY READ HIS BLOG AND LIKEWISE WE WERE ALL SO PROUD OF THE WAY HIS WRITING AND EXPRESSION FLOURISHED OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAVE A POIGNANT AND UPLIFTING RECORD OF SOME VERY, VERY PRECIOUS TIMES AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK IN AFRICA WITH ZIMKIDS GOES ON FOREVER.
WE LOVE YOU ADE. ALWAYS.