A relentless mover and shaker, Suki was known, among many things, for co-founding the intermediary Oystercatchers and for setting up Let\u2019s Reset, a platform created to support people\u2019s wellbeing at work.<\/p>\n
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Richard Robinson, a close friend and former colleague of Suki, explains that he and Suki\u2019s family found that people wanted to find out more about her story and achievements. At the same time, they realised that they were \u2018sitting on top of this incredible archive\u2019 from the podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe realised there was a commonality when you went through all of the stories of positivity and hope and wonderful things that people were doing with their time over the course of a day, and it sort of became this natural evolution. Why couldn\u2019t we then take these brilliant, positive stories and then turn them into a book benefiting a charity that Suki loved dearly,\u201d explains Richard.<\/p>\n
The process of revisiting this archive has, says Richard, been \u2018cathartic and quite joyous\u2019. \u201cYou get to hear someone\u2019s voice again, which is magical, and then you hear some of the stories and the insights that she would bring into the stories herself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis book is full of Mum,\u201d says Jazmyn Thompson, Suki\u2019s daughter. \u201cHer courage, her joy, the way she brought people together. It\u2019s a reminder of how loved she was, and still is. I think anyone who reads it will find something of themselves in its pages.\u201d<\/p>\n
The book was also inspired by Suki\u2019s own magnificent awareness and fundraising efforts. In the final stage of her journey, she launched Suki\u2019s Steps & Swim, a walk along the Chess Valley and a swim off Perranporth Beach in Cornwall. That raised over \u00a3200,000 in two months. In those last weeks, she also made an appearance on Good Morning Britain, where she was interviewed by her close friend Susanna Reid and appeared all over the national press to spread awareness about melanoma.<\/p>\n
Through her efforts, Suki managed to reach and inspire people across the country. Reflecting on how Suki has inspired him personally, Richard says that he really has taken her \u2018every day is a gift\u2019 mantra to heart and that she\u2019s made him really appreciate the importance of human connections, not least his relationship with Suki\u2019s parents and her children Jazmyn and Sam.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn a personal level it\u2019s taught me two really big things. One is that life is temporary. I think everybody\u2019s quite aware of that, but it means you have to stop and think about, what am I actually doing today?,\u201d says Richard. The second thing that Suki has taught him is the importance of keeping good company and of being generous with people.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to say, \u2018she picks up people like she\u2019s got sticky paper all over\u2019… She was a radiator and somebody who was just giving the whole time. She believed in the human quality of reciprocity. Give and people give back.\u201d<\/p>\n