So three years ago, what happens?
Well, I'm riding along, got out of gas, having a hard time,
going through a divorce.
And this guy comes along and gives me some money.
All right, so you're on the side of the road.
Yeah.
Out of gas.
You see her on the side of the road.
I do.
Yes.
And?
Well, I was raised in a family of faith,
and so my mom always taught me to treat others the way
you want to be treated.
Yep.
Simple, but yes.
It's the truth.
So I'm driving by her, my wife and my family in the car,
and I was just being obedient to what
was inside me, what was taught.
And so turned around, helped her out, filled her gas can up,
gave her a little bit of money--
He did.
We said our goodbyes and never thought
we'd see each other again.
So you not only gave her gas, but she didn't have any money,
so you gave her what you had in your pocket and it was $40.
I only had $5 that day.
Only had $5 and just didn't know what to do.
All right, so then you gave her money.
So three years later, cut to later
on what's happening with your family.
Yes, so my mom had a long battle with Parkinson's and what
we believe was possibly Lewy body dementia, as well.
Yes.
So we had to put my mom into hospice care.
And TunDe was the nurse's aide, actually,
that wasn't scheduled to come, came to care for my mom
the first day.
And I received a phone call from my dad
saying how much they love this woman, him and my mom both,
and asked me to meet with her and see if she could provide
some after hours care for her.
So you're talking, not knowing it's her,
and how did you realize this is three years later this woman?
How did that come up?
So she starts telling me the story.
Yes.
And she's telling me that her mom was a local pastor in town,
and she asked me what church I attended.
And so I said, well I attend Cornerstone Church in Athens.
And she said, I met the nicest guy from that church.
Good looking guy.
Good looking guy, she said.
And so I'm thinking, well, I may know this guy.
I'm on the board there, so I may know him.
And so she tells me the story that we had already
talked about and then when she said he gave me
the $40, I said, TunDe--
Which meant the world to me.
That was me.
I'm that handsome guy.
Yeah, that's right.
I'm that good looking guy.
I mean, how crazy is that?
It's crazy.
So they love you so much just it just independent
of everything else, and how important-- and then
your mom passed away a couple of weeks after that, right?
That's right.
How important was it that TunDe--
was there with your mom for that?
I don't know what we would have done without TunDe--
I mean, when we were there by ourselves caring,
my dad was doing everything possible he could do,
and us as a family, as well.
That's what got me to want to be with them, because he
was trying so hard I wanted to really help him.
And I really did gravitate to them.
Yeah, she did.
So your mom passed, and then instead of flowers,
your mother said, always do something
that's going to last and matter, and you decided to do what?
My mom just said, if I could just
help one person with this disease,
you know, that's just kind of the woman she was.
And so our family was sitting around
and we're saying, well, how about in lieu of flowers--
you know, they die anyway and they're gone in a week--
why don't we do something to help
this lady that changed our lives and helped us
in our darkest time.
How amazing is that?
So we started a YouCaring web site, told her story,
and we just wanted to raise $1,000
to help TunDe-- with her four year degree
to get her bachelor's, and we raised that in 45 minutes.
And how much did you raise?
Over $37,000.
There's like 14 million people watching
this on YouTube of your reaction to that.
So you're going to college.
You're getting your degree, which is so great that you're
able to do that.
Thank you.
I mean, this story is so great.
So our friends at Shutterfly, you know how great they are,
they want to support your dream of becoming
a nurse by giving you a check for $10,000 to add to that.
Thank you so much.
Chris, you've been having a difficult summer, obviously.
You lost your mom and your dad is having a hard time.
And he loves to play golf and you
want to take him someplace to have a vacation, right?
I want to beat him.
Do you usually beat him or does he beat you?
Well, he used to always beat me, and lately I've
been beating him, though.
And like, what do you shoot, usually?
I'm a 70s golfer.
I'm a [INAUDIBLE] handicap.
Oh.
Wow.
Yeah, I'm pretty good.
Isn't that nice.
And your dad?
My dad's a good player, too.
Wow, that's amazing.
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Our friends at Shutterfly are going
to send you and your family on an amazing vacation
to play the world famous Pebble Beach golf courses.
You're going--
Awesome, yeah!
--to Pebble Beach.