Mrs Goodnest

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

Timmy was a five year old boy. His mother loved him

very much. A worrier, she was concerned when he

started kindergarten about his walking to school. She

walked him to school for a couple of days, but one day

he told his mother that he did not want her walking

him to school every day. He wanted to be like the "big boys."

She had an idea how to handle it. She asked a

neighbor, Mrs. Goodnest, to follow her son

surreptitiously to school, at a distance 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. The next school day,

Mrs. Goodnest and her little girl Marcy set out behind

Timmy as he walked to school with another boy. She

did this for the whole week.

As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and

twigs, Timmy's friend noticed that a lady was

following them every day all week.

Finally, he asked Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady

following us? Do you know her?"

Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she

is."

"Well, who is she?"

"That's 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 'cuz she worries about me so

much. And the 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."

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

:chuckle Fran, you're a Looneybird !!! :kiss

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

En henh. And I'm as happy as if I was in my right mind. Toodleium, tookleiim, I'm as happy as they come, tooklieum, tookleium.

:chuckle Fran, you're a Looneybird !!! :kiss