Reflecting on all the seasons -of weather, of emotions, of relationships, of a life- in order to purposefully mark their changes & seize the new beginnings.

Sometimes, what is happening hits like a tidal wave of sadness. But mostly, it’s a constant bombardment of small things. Grief changes but is ever present.

The ugly and the beautiful, for each of us, sit side-by-side. Neither is lost in, or removed by, the other- a truthful portrait of the duality that is life.

[Vanessa wrote this post by speaking these thoughts aloud and I (Jessica) just typed. :)] Hello friends and family! :) …

It feels like Vanessa and I are on separate rafts in a big ocean. But she reminded me of the strong rope of love tied between them, keeping us always close.

“I need to go home,” she repeats. “You ARE home, love,” I tell her. “No, HOME.” she insists. | We all ache for a “home” that’s so hard to define.

I’m struggling trying to reconcile my hope, with my pain. But I’ve realized that hope is seeing the bad truthfully, while making sure I still see the good.

Vanessa has been working on scanning in a lot of pictures from our earlier pre-digital camera days.  She recently found …

You may remember from Billy’s guest post how he and V went to Ten Thousand Villages and bought 21 years worth …

The post that follows is from Billy / Bill / Billy-T, Billy Tiemeier, Vanessa’s husband. You probably haven’t heard a …

Thus far in this update, I’ve purposefully avoided much beyond my observations. I wanted to present things somewhat flatly and …

Other than projects, things day to day are very present in the moment, and we operate and figure it all …

If I had to sum up the days with Vanessa now with one word, it would be: PROJECTS. Oh, the …

Cognitively, there are many changes and advancements happening lately. Some listening/speaking/comprehending functions have simply left Vanessa. Sarcasm is now undetected …

Physically, the cancer updates we have to pass along are minimal, since V doesn’t have many scans or appoints these …

It’s been a few months since our last Vanessa update. We had every intention of updating more regularly (and more …

Our futures are always unknown, we never know. But if we are doing this life together, with kindness and compassion, we’re never facing that alone.

A post in which I bravely reveal to you the mess that is my house. (Peep on, curious eyes!) I am exhausted, but I make the bed because I am am also HOPEFUL.

Living whatever-and-wherever-you-are-right-now sincerely: I’m doing my best, but it’s really hard. It’s really hard, but I’m doing my best.

One year ago (as of September, I’m a little late!), my littlest little guy was born. Here’s a picture of …

Nothing big to update today! Just wanted to give you a visual of what hospice is these days, for Vanessa, …

Jess and Christina here, with the latest update on the one, the only, the amazing, Vanessa. Advance warning that this …

On Thursday, Channel 19 continued its coverage of Vanessa’s story and showcased this site and The Live Sincerely Project. We’re …

{NOTE: This was originally published on Vanessa’s CarePage. We are copying all those posts here to have her story in …