A friend who I cherish is the first other real human being who I know that finds dimes. She lead me to a website and I have just today discovered that it IS in fact something people find when a loved one dies. For me, the first other story was when a friend did an assignment on me for her journalism class (and got the highest mark!) and pointed out the book, Hello from Heaven and there was ONE other dime story in there about it. Here is my story...
You see, my mom had a hard life and was beaten and died at age 43. 5 yrs before she died, I turned 18. Because the local ALCB or provincial liquor board was on strike, she went to this special Andrew Wolf Winery to get me a bottle of wine. It said,"from baby bottle, to pop bottle, to wine bottle, Happy 18th birthday". Well, I HAD to keep it and all that fit in there were dimes. I found no dimes until she died 5 yrs. later. For 8 mos. I was finding 4 dimes at least/wk.!! But I was grieving and not thinking about it. But it did drive me bonkers!!! I was also 'talking' with my mom EVERY night during my dreams--like one on one. THEN, one day I had a fight with a boyfriend and stomped out of his house when 'something' made me bend down and it was night and I put my hand about a foot into the snow in front of my grandma's RX7 I was driving, and pulled out a dime that was on its vertical edge!!! Like a magician!! By this point, I was approaching 300 dimes. I ran back to the boyfriend I had been so mad at moments b4, as he was aware of these findings, and was literally shaking. I drove home beyond words, confused, yet thrilled. I went to put the dime in the wine bottle as I had all the others when I felt this wierd, white lightish, joltish feeling...and then...it ALL made sense. I FINALLY realized it was my mother. I fell onto my bed in disbelief, called my boyfriend telling him what I learnt and was baffled. I was scared that now that I figured it out, I wouldn't find them anymore. Well, 2 things happened, I stopped finding 4 a week and went down to 1/wk for about 17 yrs, and now I find maybe 2/mo and sometimes more but never really any less. Next year will be the 20th year--which also happens to be the year I turn 43--the same age my mom was when she died.
I have found close to 2000 dimes in absolutely crazy places. But the 2 things that stopped happening was 1. my nightly 'dreams/convos' stopped and I found less. I no longer was communicating nightly. It was like she figured I was finally ok and could move on. I have told only about 10 people about this, and now my closest friends and siblings find them too. The most recent was my sister's daughter when she had to get her appendix out--she found 2 that day!! But, I had no idea that they are something some people who have dealt with a death had been finding and were so confused about it, as for me, it was so obvious. I just found this website today that discussed it as per a link from my friend, and realized many still haven't figured it out and are simply 'guessing' it is their loved one who has passed on.
I just posted my most recent dime finding on my FB page with a picture of me. I have SO much more to say, but this is alot already. So many crazy stories...and I find dimes when I am really sad, or scared or extra happy. Generally, there is something 'extra' going on in my life when I find them--either good or bad. Oh, and when I travelled to Europe, I would find dimes in each countries particular currency. Same when I travel to the US, I find US dimes. Blows.my.mind.!!!
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