This was written to Sarah, Mark’s wife.

Mark put himself through endless treatments because he was determined to live, but he also told me the following:

He said that he came to Leonardis for treatment and had tried all sorts of other treatments in order to cling on to life like no tomorrow and for as long as he possibly could. But he also said that ultimately he knew that the illness would probably take him. So he was determined that death would not beat him. That he would stay as fully in the present as he possibly could so he did not ever regret wasting a single second of it, of what life had in store for him. He said he wanted to savour every second of his time with you and the kids and he would. Fully. No looking back because the past was gone and that there was no room for any regrets or recriminations, no looking forward because there was no point in second guessing what was to happen in the future. That the only time of which he or anyone could be certain was NOW. So NOW is where he always wanted to be. And where anyone who knew him would always find him.

I do not need to tell you that your husband was an extraordinary man. I admired him more than I can say.