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."
>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."