>>> 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. Fantastic! 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."
>>>
