Nancy's Notes

There are so many things I wish I would have learned from my mother before she left this Earth. One of those things is how to crochet. I don’t know how many times we talked about it, and I just never did it. I now have a book, a DVD, some crochet thread and hooks, and I still haven’t taken the time to learn. So that, along with other things, stays “out there” for another day and time. Or not.

The woman in the following story knew how to crochet, and she put it to “good” use. Enjoy...

In the Doll Business A man and a woman had been together for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except one: the woman had a shoebox in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband he must never open or ask her about it. For all of their married life, he had never thought about the box, but one day the wife was very sick and the doctor said she may not recover.

In trying to sort out their life, the old man reached for the shoebox on the top shelf and carried it to his wife’s bedside. She agreed 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 was completely flabbergasted, and he asked her about the contents of the box.

“When we were to be married,” she said, “my mother 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 old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. After all their years together, 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 burst out with tears of joy!

“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.”