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Tammy was a little five year old boy whose Mom loved him very
much, and being a worrier, she was concerned about him walking to school
when he started Kindergarten.
She walked him to school the first couple of days, and at the end of the
week, he came home from school and told his mother that he did not want
her walking him to school everyday. He wanted to be like the "big boys"
He protested loudly.
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 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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