joanofark
09-10-2005, 07:45 PM
> There was once a man and woman who 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 $25,000.
> 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 dolls, but what about all of
this
> money? Where did it come from?"
> "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling all the
dolls..."
>
I got this in an email and thought some of you would enjoy it:):p
> 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 $25,000.
> 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 dolls, but what about all of
this
> money? Where did it come from?"
> "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling all the
dolls..."
>
I got this in an email and thought some of you would enjoy it:):p