MARTIN, Hunter Jones February 21, 1994 - December 28, 2012 After a brave 18-year struggle with a rare vascular disease, our beloved son and brother, Hunter Jones Martin, left us on Friday, December 28th. Hunter was an extraordinary young man. When he could, he loved to play soccer and tennis, to snowboard and to "hang" with friends. He was a gourmet who loved urban life. Most importantly, Hunter loved to have fun and to laugh. His eloquent wit and deep insights into the human condition were legendary among his many friends, peers and adults alike. Hunter loved to write and had just applied to the Capilano University Creative Writing program. He often joked that the suffering that he had to endure throughout much of his life was a purification process, designed to assist him to distill the meaning of life through the written word. His writings were true. For example, in November 2010, following a stroke in August of that year and when he was just 16, he wrote this poem in response to a
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