A Woman's Secret . and her Prayer

An email my dear wife forwarded to me.

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 all 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.