RE:Thought I would pass this on..got a kick from it

[Guest guest]

Timmy was a little five year old boy that his Mom

loved very much and, being a worrier, she was concerned

about him walking to school when he started

Kindergarten. She walked him to school the couple of

days but when he came home one day, he 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

surreptitiously follow her son to school, at a

distance behind him that he would not likely notice,

but close enough to keep a watch on him.

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, the little friend of Timmy noticed that this

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 all week?

Do you know her? "

Timmy nonchalantly replied, " Yeah, I know who she

is. " The little friend said, " Well who is she? "

" That's just Shirley Goodnest " Timmy said.

" 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 it, the prayer

psalm 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.