In October 2018 Kathy and Ralph decided to move to St. Barnabas in Gibsonia. Mike and I went to help with moving all the Christmas decorations, and what Ralph had in the garage. You can't imagine what someone collects over a lifetime until your the one moving it. 8 truck runs later and it didn't even make a dent. We worked three whole weekends to get it done. On the last night before the closing, we rushed to empty out the sheds, and dig up some plants Ralph wanted to keep. It was 10pm and too much work still to do. We called in reinforcements to get it done. After three car loads over to my mothers garage a few streets away we finished up. My truck was loaded down and hit it's weight capacity. Driving home I could hear how much stress was on the shocks. I got home and crashed. I don't know how he could work so hard and not need sleep for days to recover. For 79, he was in better shape than me in my 30's. I woke up the next day at 5am to go to work. When I got home, I realized I still had to unpack the truck and find a place for all the decorations he had given us. It took us three work parties of our own to organize and find places for everything. The best part was the things Ralph said to throw out, magically ended up in one of our boxes. It is hard to part with anything no matter how old it was, because Ralph could always see the beauty in it, and what purpose it could still serve. That is just how he lived his life. No matter what the ailment, or illness he could still do something to get work done!