Mrs Goodnest
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> A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He
>didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling
>that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe.
>
> So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she
>would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance,
>so he probably wouldn't notice her.
>
> She said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it
>would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.
>
> The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out
>following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor boy he
>knew. She did this for the whole week.
>
> As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and twig! s, Timm y's
>little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do
>every day all week. Finally he said to Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady
>following us to school all week? Do you know her?"
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> Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she is."
>
> The friend said, "Well, who is she?"
>
> "That's just Shirley Goodnest," Timmy replied, "and her daughter
>Marcy."
>
> "Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us?
>"
>
> "Well," Timmy explained, "every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd
>Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm,
>it says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my
>life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!"
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