
Choosing hospice care brought comfort, support and precious time for one family as they navigated cancer, caregiving and bringing a loved one home.

Amber Johnson retired from a 25-year career as an anthropology professor to spend more time with her family. She lives in northeast Missouri with her husband, daughter, dogs and cat. These days she's responsible for holding it all together while her husband is living with lymphoma in his brain and supported by hospice care.

Choosing hospice care brought comfort, support and precious time for one family as they navigated cancer, caregiving and bringing a loved one home.

In five months, we lost the land, the travel and the retirement we had planned together, and then learned my husband's lymphoma had come back in his brain.

August 20th 2026