Friday, November 14, 2008

Something funny!

The Shoe Box
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
doilies 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 doiley'

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.'

4 comments:

Burnhams said...

very cute. So are you still a nanny, or no since her hubby is home for so long?

James and Angela said...

I'm not working there anymore, I need a new job! I'm looking!!!!

Dolly said...

LOVED that story Angela!! I think I'll begin that practice myself :)

*I'm looking for a job too...

James and Angela said...

Glad you liked the story. I already do crochet and it is relaxing to me.

I don't like looking for a job, but maybe I'll find something GREAT! Good luck on your job search!