Dilloduck
02-20-2008, 09:22 PM
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 ipse 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 girl he knew.
She did this for the whole week.
As the two 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 she 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 little girl 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!'
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 ipse 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 girl he knew.
She did this for the whole week.
As the two 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 she 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 little girl 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!'