Jonah Phillip Shankar

It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Jonah. He left us early in the morning on May 28th; peacefully, bathed in the light of sunrise, surrounded by his family. “Life is short, stunt it,” wasn’t just a quote Jonah...
Jonah Battles On During the Pandemic

Jonah Battles On During the Pandemic

It has been almost two years since Jonah was diagnosed with DIPG. When his cancer was first discovered, he went from seemingly normal to unable to walk in days. His speech was declining. He couldn’t swallow properly. The tumour was insanely aggressive, and it was a...
Fall 2019: Part II – On a Rampage

Fall 2019: Part II – On a Rampage

Jonah was home from Burnaby for about five seconds before he was off on his next great adventure. This time he went to Victoria for six weeks for a part-time course in web development. While he learned he doesn’t like web development nearly as much as game...
Fall 2019: Part I – The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Fall 2019: Part I – The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

It was undoubtedly difficult to watch his friends disembark for university without him for the second year running, but Jonah had some exciting adventures while his friends toiled away during the fall semester. As his peers were reacquainted with school, Jonah and his...
The Tumour Shrinks and Other Summer Gifts

The Tumour Shrinks and Other Summer Gifts

The seasons are turning, and it seems natural to reflect. This summer was an entirely different one from 2018’s. This summer was a gift that didn’t seem likely last summer. This summer was time together – time on epic adventures and time savouring the usually mundane,...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…

It has been months and months since an update. What the heck has been going on?! Well, the someone who writes these updates went off and birthed a cousin for Jonah and Marcus. It turns out you can’t just gift a baby to teenage boys and expect them to feed and water it...