Harrison, Arkansas — 11-year-old Ruby Chitsey likes to go to work with her mom, Amanda, who is a nurse traveling to several nursing homes in their area. One day, during one of their visits, Ruby began to go to the residents and asked them a very thought-provoking question: “if you could have any three things, what would they be?”
Ruby says she was mostly just curious what they'd say.
"I was very surprised. I thought people would say money, houses, a Lamborghini," she said.
But instead, here's what she got: Electric razor, new shoes, Vienna sausage, for some reason a lot of people asked for Vienna sausage and other really basic items.
"Like, that's all they wanted. And I really decided that I needed to do something," Ruby said.
The 11-year-old girl then started a charity called “Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents”. As her mom takes care of the patients, Ruby goes room-to-room, jots down the wishes, and then sets out to make those wishes come true.
Now, it's not just her. Since we first told this story, Ruby has helped start chapters of her charity in other states. She speaks to advocates for the aging. Of course, she is still very much hands on, proving no one needs a Lamborghini when they've got home delivery of all the happy they can handle.
Bless this child. She’s truly amazing.
(Image Credit: CBS News)
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This is lovely. I remember when my mom was in assisted living, all she wanted was an over-easy egg that she could dip her toast into. She didn't care for scrambled eggs, which were all they served (probably for some good reason). It made me so happy to cook her over-easy eggs whenever I could! I miss her so much . . . wish I could cook her an egg right now.
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