Marianne Aquilina writes:

It is often said that before you die, life passes before your eyes. If that is true Aust, wow, what an action video yours must have been.

One I wouldn’t have minded watching with you to see again all the times we spent together as a group, the trips abroad, short breaks in Gozo, meals out or at each other’s houses, the laughter and the tears we all shared at different times of our lives.

And all these, my friend, all these memories will never die.

I’m pretty sure this will be part of the video of our lives, which we will watch when our turn to go comes.

Thank you Austin for being our “Let’s get up and do it guys”. As you always told us, Aust: “Il-ftira sħuna tajba” (Strike while the iron is hot).

Cheers to you, Aust. We will keep raising our glasses at table with you, to you, in your memory with Karen, till we meet again.