>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,
>Mrs.Goodnest, if she would please follow him to school in the mornings,
>staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her.
>Mrs. Goodnest 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, Mrs. Goodnest and her little girl, Marcy, 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 twigs, Timmy'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?"
>
>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'," soI guess I'll just have to get used to it!
>
>
>May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today, and always.