I had to share this!!!

[kmarcene]

I got this email from my aunt, thought it was really cute. Wanted to share.

Subject: FW: Crocheted Dolls

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>"FOR GIRLS ONLY"...

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>A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had

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>shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept

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>no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a

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>shoe-box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband

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>never to open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had never

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>thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick

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>and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out

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>their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe-box and took it to

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>his wife's bedside.

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>She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.

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>When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money

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>totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents. "When we were to

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>be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy

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>marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry

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>with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll."

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>The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only

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>two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him

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>two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst

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>with happiness. "Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what

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>about all of this money? Where did it come from?"

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>"Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from selling the dolls."

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>Women will love this.

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>A Prayer

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>Dear Lord,

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>I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; And

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>Patience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for strength, I'll

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>beat him to death. And I don't know how to crochet.

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>Amen!

[LadyyOftheOak]

Lmao

[mellowe67]

I had read that before but it never fails to make me laugh!!

Soooooooo true!!

[JennyCrochets]

I had read that before but it never fails to make me laugh!!

 

Soooooooo true!!

 

 

Yeah, I think I've seen it on here a couple of times. Always makes me chuckle too

[KristieMN]

:lol

[darski]

Maybe it's time for a warning label for the crochet/box joke.

 

It is a cute story.

[Mel2nsluvsCrochet]

I just had to make a copy of this and send it to all my fellow crochet friends and non crochet friends! That prayer really is a joke! I love it! Thank your aunt for sending that to you and thanks for sharing it with us!

 

What a hoot!!

[secretstasher]

That was so funny I have passed it on lol

[mysonsmommy]

That is so cute...