FishingCop
Well-known member
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 neighbour and her little girl set out
following behind Little Johnny as he walked to school with another
neighbour girl he knew. She did this for the whole week.
As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs,
Johnny's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she
seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Johnny, 'Have you
noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?'
Johnny nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is.'
The little girl said, 'Well, who is she?'
'That's just Shirley Goodnest,' Johnny replied, 'and her
daughter Marcy.'
'Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following
us?
'Well,' Johnny 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!'
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 neighbour and her little girl set out
following behind Little Johnny as he walked to school with another
neighbour girl he knew. She did this for the whole week.
As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs,
Johnny's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she
seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Johnny, 'Have you
noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?'
Johnny nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is.'
The little girl said, 'Well, who is she?'
'That's just Shirley Goodnest,' Johnny replied, 'and her
daughter Marcy.'
'Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following
us?
'Well,' Johnny 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!'
