Homer's dad, Coley Laffoon, shared on his son's 21st birthday in March that they were on a father-son trip in San Francisco, writing that Homer had "come through his challenges on his terms. Can't ask for much more. Has a promising new job, great friends, is a loving son and brother...He's doing great and it feels so good."

Laffoon added, "Impossible not to close my eyes and think of @anneheche zooming around the cosmos, swinging by Northern California, smiling her knowing and still vulnerable smile as she races past. He's good Anne. Thank you for trusting him to me. It's going to keep being great. I promise."

A few days before Atlas graduated from eighth grade in June, Tupper brought him to the 30th annual Race to Erase MS Gala. "We're taking care of each other and taking it one day at a time," Tupper told People at the event. Thinking of Heche, he added, "We still miss her, we miss her every day, love her."