A few years ago our mother, who lived in Yucaipa suffered a stroke and was no longer able to care for herself and live in her home of many years. The home needed to be sold and there were many projects that needed to be completed to get the house ready to sell.

One Saturday Robert just showed up and spent the day working in the hot sun removing an old weathered patio covering. At one point a very heavy tool (a hammer I think) fell off the roof and hit him in the head. Fortunately he was not seriously injured but it was very painful and all I could think was how kind and generous it was of him to show up and chip in like that and then he ended up suffering because of it.