May 9, 2012 1:22 PM
Four-year-old Julia Ryvicker was walking around her Manorville home last month when she found a quarter that had fallen off her father’s nightstand and onto the floor. She picked it up and proudly held it out for her mom to see.
“What are you going to do with all that money?” Maya Fox-Ryvicker asked her beaming daughter, expecting to hear her say she was going us it to buy candy or toys.
Instead, her daughter caught her completely off guard when she replied: “I’m going to save it and buy medicine for kids who are sick.”
“It was a surprising answer, but it got me thinking,” Ms. Fox-Ryvicker said this week.
A few days later, Ms. Fox-Ryvicker and her husband, Jeff, discussed the possibility of having a different type of birthday party for Julia,... more
“What are you going to do with all that money?” Maya Fox-Ryvicker asked her beaming daughter, expecting to hear her say she was going us it to buy candy or toys.
Instead, her daughter caught her completely off guard when she replied: “I’m going to save it and buy medicine for kids who are sick.”
“It was a surprising answer, but it got me thinking,” Ms. Fox-Ryvicker said this week.
A few days later, Ms. Fox-Ryvicker and her husband, Jeff, discussed the possibility of having a different type of birthday party for Julia,... more
