Page 34 2023 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 2023 Farmer and Goodman go back several years. They met in high school. Both remember the day and the first encounter. Farmer remembers it was not a good day for her. Fellow students were being mean to her, picking on her and making her feel very bad and insecure. She remembers that it was Goodman who made it better. Goodman remembers the day saying he saw a young girl who was so hurt that she couldn’t even make eye contact. He said that day, their sole communication was a high-five they shared, with Farmer holding her head down, no eye contact, no words. A simple communication that was very difficult for a young girl whose self-esteem had just suffered a heavy blow. But, the friendship became more communicative as time went by and today Farmer will tell you that at the top of her list of friends is Seth Goodman. She has other friends as well and people that she likes spending time with. She says at LCRD Karen (Deany) is her favorite person, but there are several others there that she likes as well. She has a special friend and enjoys spending time with him in person as well as multiple texts on her cellphone every day. She loves to go places, likes to eat out, and she is artistic. She likes to paint and was happy to share a painting she had done at a local joy of painting fundraiser. The bunny was a project that everyone in the class was working on, and Farmer turned out a remarkable product that got the attention of all her fellow students that evening. It also got plenty of attention from Goodman. Goodman said that when the painting was finished, Farmer brought it straight to his office, and presented it to him as a gift. Farmer works in the assembly room two days a week at LCDR and earns her own money for things she needs and wants. Goodman said that she is good with money and does well in managing what she has. In addition to working in the assembly room, Farmer also worked for a while at Lincoln Continued --
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