The Secret Box

[chevygirl55]

There was once a man and woman who 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 $25,000. 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.