This morning has brought incredibly sad news with the sudden, tragic death of our nephew Estan van den Berg - younger son of Gratia and Jakes and brother to Jakes Jnr.
Although we have been dealing with the possibility for a couple of days now, the finality of the doctors deciding to switch off the life support has been very difficult for us and we have felt so helpless and so very far away.
Our hearts go out to Jo's sister Gratia, brother in law Jakes and nephew Jakes Jnr - we are just grateful that the other brothers and sister are with them at this terrible time.
We had so looked forward to Estan coming over to New Zealand to spend some time with us as soon as he'd completed his schooling and it's still very hard to absorb the fact that he won't be doing that now.
A very special, mature and 'together' young man, Estan made a positive impact on everyone and his loss is going to be deeply felt by so many people.
There are no words to describe this kind of thing - we are reeling with the reality of it.
We will resume this blog anon.
Dis al.
Although we have been dealing with the possibility for a couple of days now, the finality of the doctors deciding to switch off the life support has been very difficult for us and we have felt so helpless and so very far away.
Our hearts go out to Jo's sister Gratia, brother in law Jakes and nephew Jakes Jnr - we are just grateful that the other brothers and sister are with them at this terrible time.
We had so looked forward to Estan coming over to New Zealand to spend some time with us as soon as he'd completed his schooling and it's still very hard to absorb the fact that he won't be doing that now.
A very special, mature and 'together' young man, Estan made a positive impact on everyone and his loss is going to be deeply felt by so many people.
There are no words to describe this kind of thing - we are reeling with the reality of it.
We will resume this blog anon.
Dis al.
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