Elise Henderson, a 24-year-old daycare teacher and single mom, arrived home after a long day at work. As she started fishing through her purse for her key, she heard a familiar song that sounded like this: "This is the song that doesn't end. Yes, it goes on and on my friend." Inside the house, Elise's three-year-old daughter, Kennedy, was singing and dancing along with her Lamb Chop doll as a rerun of "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" played on the television. Grandma Lana and Great-Grandpa Richard were watching and smiling from the couch. Elise chuckled as she found her key and unlocked the door.

"Hello?" called Elise. She heard her daughter run through the hall.

"Mommy!" Kennedy cried.

"Hi, sweetie." Elise bent down and hugged her daughter. "How was school today?"

"Great! We are learning about animals on the farm this week! And we made this..." Kennedy reached into her backpack and took out a paper plate that was designed as a baby chick. "Miss Vicki helped me and it looks like the one Shari made in the episode I watched today."

Elise remembered that episode well. After the "Comedy Barn" joke, Shari taught the viewers how to make a chicken hat and then sang the song, "Coup De Cluck". Elise would start giggling uncontrollably when Shari did her chicken and rooster impressions. Afterwards, Shari helped Lamb Chop overcome her fear of the dark after she woke up from a nightmare.

"That looks really good, Kenny," Elise marveled. "Put it on."

Kennedy bent the paper plate chick forward and put the hat on her head. Then, she held out her arms and said, "Ta-da!"

"You look so cute, my little chickie," Elise chuckled at her own joke. She looked over at Lana and Richard and said, "Thanks for watching her this afternoon."

"Anytime, Lis," Lana said. "Kenny just keeps us on our toes."

"Just like you did when you were her age," added Richard.

"Oh, Grandpa," Elise replied in a jokingly annoyed voice. She knew her grandfather was teasing.

"Well, we better be going," Lana said just as she was about to put her boots on.

"Wait, Mom. How about you and Grandpa stay for dinner tonight?" Elise offered.

"Are you sure, Lis?" Lana asked her daughter.

"I'm positive," Elise replied. "Plus, it's been a while since you and Grandpa were over for dinner."

"Yes, please stay!" Kennedy begged. "Please, please, please, please!"

Lana and Richard looked at each other and smiled. Then, the four walked into the kitchen.

Two hours later after dinner, the three adults were sitting on the couch watching the news while Kennedy played with her toys in her room. Kennedy was playing with Lamb Chop on her bed. The lamb belonged to Elise when she was three. After taking such good care of the doll, Elise gave Lamb Chop to Kennedy along with a few "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" video tapes for her third birthday. Kennedy loved the doll very much. She would sing and dance with Lamb Chop while following along with Shari.

"Come on, Lamb Chop. Let's play dress up. I'll go find some clothes to wear."

The little girl went to her closet where she found the box of dress up clothes. After taking out a few clothes for herself and Lamb Chop, Kennedy noticed a book with a flower pattern sitting on the bottom of the box. She took the book out and carried it along with Lamb Chop out to the living room.

"Mommy, look what I found in my dress up box," said the three-year-old. She handed the book to Elise and climbed up on the couch. "What is it?"

"This was my childhood scrapbook. I haven't looked at this in years." Elise looked at her daughter and smiled. "Want to look at pictures of Mommy when she was your age?"

"Oh, yes!" replied Kennedy. The little girl scooted close to her mother. Lana and Richard also moved over to the couch to look.

Elise opened the book. On the first page, which was titled "Welcome to the World, Elise Rebecca!", there were several pictures of herself as a newborn. One of the baby pictures made Kennedy giggle.

"Oh, Mommy," laughed Kennedy. "You looked so mean in that picture."

"I sure did, didn't I?" agreed Elise. "Hey, I was only three days old."

Lana and Richard also laughed in agreement.

Kennedy then saw pictures of her mother celebrating her first holidays, crawling and walking, her first birthday, her smiling, and her second and third birthdays. When Elise turned another page, she gasped lightly. Tears began to well up in her eyes. Kennedy looked at the page that made her mother gasp. She couldn't believe who was posing with her. In the picture, there was a beautiful woman with curly red hair wearing a pale blue-green outfit and holding a familiar lamb.

"Mommy?" Kennedy looked up at Elise with wide eyes. "Is that...?"

Elise grabbed a tissue and wiped her eyes. She tried to start, but nothing would come out. She felt speechless looking at that picture of them after 20 years. Elise looked at the calendar and remembered that it was January 17th, which what would have been Shari's 85th birthday.

"Yes, my love," answered Elise with a sniffle. "That's me with Shari and Lamb Chop."

"You actually know her?" asked Kennedy. Elise couldn't say another word. She touched the photo lovingly and sighed.

Kennedy hoped that she didn't upset her mother. "I'm sorry, Mommy," she apologized. "I didn't mean to upset you."

Elise looked at her daughter and put her arm around her. "Oh, no, no, baby. You didn't upset me. It's been a long time since I saw that picture of Shari and I. We were friends for a few years. When I was about two and a half years old in 1996, I first heard about her and Lamb Chop from two video tapes called "Lamb Chop's Sing-Along Play-Along" and "Kids For Character". The "Sing-Along Play-Along" video was my first video. Then, in "Kids For Character", they along with other characters from "Barney", "The Puzzle Place", "Gullah Gullah Island", and "The Magic School Bus" would talk about how they learned about one of the Six Pillars of Character." Elise decided to quiz her daughter. "Do you know what the Six Pillars of Character are?"

"Trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship," Kennedy answered.

"That's right," replied Elise. "Anyway, Shari and Lamb Chop discussed fairness and the skit they did to help me learn about it made me laugh. In fact, all of the skits helped me learn about the Six Pillars of Character. But, the fairness skit was and still is my favorite every time I watch it over and over again. I also considered Shari as one of my favorite teachers."

"Shari is one of my favorite teachers, too, Mommy," Kennedy commented.

"I'm glad you thought that, sweetheart. Anyway, after watching "Sing-Along Play-Along" and "Kids for Character" over and over again, your grandma decided to call the cable company to have the PBS channel on our TV. Since then, I would watch "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" every day."

"Oh, I remember what your mom would do after she watched an episode of "Play-Along"," said Lana.

"What happened, Grandma?" asked her granddaughter.

"After the end of each episode, your mom would go over to the TV, blow Shari a kiss, and say "'Bye, Shari. See you tomorrow.'" It was the cutest thing," Lana answered.

Elise laughed. "Did I really?"

"Sure did," Lana and Richard answered together. Everyone laughed.