THE  SHOEBOX.
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 dolls, 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 have time to crochet