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. The neighbor 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 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,' so I guess I'll just have to get
used to it!"
"Surely Goodness & Mercy"
- Ashley Cleveland
- Ashley Cleveland
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