Posted by Kelly on July 10, 2003 at 12:39:56:
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
doilies 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 doily."
The little old man was so moved, he had to fight
back tears. Only two
precious doilies 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 doilies,
but what about all of this
money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from
selling the doilies."
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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.
Amen
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