Post by ohtrap on Feb 2, 2007 5:01:01 GMT -5
A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had
shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept
no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a
shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband
never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one
day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would
not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man
took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed
that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of
money totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents.
"When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the
secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I
ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a
doll."
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only
two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been
angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving.
He almost burst with happiness.
"Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what about all of
this money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."
A Prayer........
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to
forgive him; and Patience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for
Strength, I'll beat him to death. And I don't know how to crochet.