Snowdrops for Ike

     Just as I released a breath of relief, walking out of the building where I had given my case presentation, something on the ground caught my eye. This time it wasn’t shiny, the border was slightly irregular, but a coin nonetheless. Yes, a penny! Unwanted, ignored, but a precious treasure to people like me.

      The past 36 hours were difficult to go through. I was trying to improve the content of my presentation despite being in a low mood. Starting the rotations this year had pushed me out of my comfort zone where I have been feeling EXTREMELY uncomfortable. Therefore, seeing that penny smiling back at me, begging me to pick it up made my day. Finally, I received my reward! It’s a Friday at last, with the hardest bit of the day behind me now.

     My collection of British coins found on the ground started in my first year here in UK. And the whole thing began at 13, when I read a touching story (Lucky Penny) in Reader’s Digest in which a young boy was told by his grandmother to pick up coins that he spotted on the ground.

‘They bring luck’, she had said. Because no one has seen them except you. And you have to make a wish straight after and keep the coin. The wish will come true someday, she assured. I don’t really care if it’s true…because each time I pick one up, it gives a sense of well-being, that someone is watching over me. And I’m feeling fine again…

Pennies from Heaven (Author Unknown)

I found a penny today
just laying on the ground
But it’s not just a penny this
little coin I’ve found.
Found pennies come from
heaven thats what my Grandpa told me
He said Angels toss them down,
oh how I loved that story.
He said when an angel
misses you they toss a penny down.
Sometimes just to cheer you up
Make a smile out of your frown.
So don’t pass by that
penny when you’re feeling blue,
It may be a penny from Heaven that
an angel has tossed to you.

My collection so far..includes the 29th coin today =)

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