Fwd: How to Stay Married:

July 7, 2006

Note: forwarded message attached.

How to Stay Married:A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had sharedeverything. They had talked about everything.They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little oldwoman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned herhusband never to open or ask her about.or all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one daythe little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would notrecover.In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down theshoe 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 moneytotaling $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 neverargue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keepquiet and crochet a doll."The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only twoprecious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him twotimes in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst withhappiness. "Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what about allof this money? Where did it come from?""Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."Women will love this... A PrayerDear Lord,I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; to Love him, to forgive him; AndPatience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beathim to death.