Keepers of the quiet goodbye: Meet the people who pulled off a hospice miracle by overcoming society’s fear of homelessness and death itself

Scott Thomas Anderson | Solving Sacramento

Craig Dresang has lived in the shadow of death since he was 8 years old.

Dresang was in third grade when his mother, Joyce, was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. At almost the same moment, his mom’s best friend was also given a devastating cancer diagnosis. She was gone six months later — an outcome that kept flashing in Dresang’s young mind. His own mother fought and held on for years, which meant Dresang’s entire childhood was spent wondering when he’d lose her…

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