Monday, November 23, 2009

THE
SHOEBOX



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,
Because I don't
have time to crochet.

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