Friday, January 04, 2008

Your First Friday Smile of 2008!

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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.

Darling,' 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.
And I don't know how to crochet.

AMEN!

Have a great weekend!
Keep warm!

Please, tell me your birth day if you haven't yet (here)

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tee~ Good One !!! Have a great weekend !!! Mousse xoxo

simplypink said...

If only I would have started crocheting dolls.... ha!

Daddy Papersurfer said...

Ha b****y ha! - tee hee

Anonymous said...

Damn, I need to start crocheting again!!!! ;-)

Christina_the_wench said...

Amen from the preacher's wife. ;)

Happy Friday!

Mr. Nauton said...

great... now I have to go search my wife's closet -- and if there ain't a lot of cash in the box, I need to start picking fights...

just joking! Great blog, thanks!

tNb said...

Just discovered your blog today and I love that the first post I read made me laugh. Thanks for that!!

Anonymous said...

:):):)....funny there young lady

thethinker said...

Haha, I really liked that.

darlene said...

very cute...........

stinkypaw said...

mousse: Hope it was better for you than me!

pink: I'd be rich if I knew how!

daddy p: :-)

ananke: You need a man first! ;-)

christina: Alelluia!

jk: There's an idea!
Welcome to my blog!

tnb: You're very welcome, every Friday there's a smile, and please come back!

robert: Tee hee

thinker: Glad you did!

darlene: Welcome!