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 know how to crochet.
Katie Starlets
•15 years ago
This is absolutely, positively adorable!
Thank you so much for sharing it.
XO, Katie
Valerie
•15 years ago
I want to immediately share this will all my friends, thank you.
Hayden Tompkins
•15 years ago
That’s a great story.
Vanessa
•15 years ago
BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Amber
•15 years ago
I actually love this…. so true.
SanityFound
•15 years ago
Katie and Valerie welcome and glad you enjoyed!
To the rest of ya ROFLMAO this one is soooo me its scary I really can’t crochet!
ilegirl
•15 years ago
That is just hilarious!
SanityFound
•15 years ago
Lol glad you enjoyed!
hoh
•15 years ago
fabulous!
any objection my emailing it to friends with yr url?
w1kkp
•15 years ago
Seriously, your little stories and vignettes are better than any greeting card I could find in the store. I understand those who are immediately sharing it with their friends. How are you, sanity girl? I’ve not been reading too much lately, but am catching up today.
SanityFound
•15 years ago
Hoh you got my mail hope things worked out hun
W1kkp – glad you enjoyed it, me? I am always good some days I just fake it! Hope you are well.
deepsm25
•15 years ago
LOL…I dont know how to hold a needle in my hand, let along crochet…! 😛
SanityFound
•15 years ago
Lol we knows tis coz you take after me hun, am sorry to break it to ya!