He was a curmudgeon. At least, that’s what he wanted everyone to think. Beneath the grumpy old man act was a heart the size of Texas. He would have described himself as average or “not much,” but to me, he was 10 feet tall — a man I always admired and respected.

I first met Robert at a coffee shop in Johns Creek. My wife had connected with him earlier through a mutual friend after her Crohn’s Disease diagnosis—Robert had been navigating those waters all his life and wanted to help. When I finally met him, my wife and I shared our dream of starting Act Together Ministries. Robert immediately believed in what we were doing and gave us the seed money to launch the nonprofit, which naturally led to him becoming one of our first board members and guiding us every step of the way.

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