Science is my guiding force in this life. I’m not likely to believe in things I can’t see and although I don’t pooh-pooh anyone else’s philosophies of life, I have a healthy skepticism for them. Live and let live, I say. So imagine my surprise when I found out that I’d been experiencing a paranormal phenomenon, without even realizing it.
There are thousands of documented cases of people grieving the death of a loved one finding dimes in strange places. Some widows have gathered bowls full of dimes – never nickels or quarters or loonies or toonies. Always dimes.
Last Wednesday, plans firmed up for me to spend the weekend with my pals Erin and Rob whose daughter Lauren, as you likely know, died suddenly in her sleep in May. I can’t begin to describe how all of our lives have changed now that Lauren’s not a part of them. But that’s not what this story is about. It’s about dimes.
On Wednesday afternoon I came upstairs from recording an audio project and there was a dime on the kitchen counter. I hadn’t been organizing change or doing anything there involving money. It was mildly odd, but I plopped the coin into a jar, and carried on.
Friday, as I removed laundry from the dryer, I noticed a dime in the drum. I checked the pockets of Derek’s jeans and there was no other money to be found. Just one dime.
As I prepared to leave on Saturday morning, I dug in my purse for something and noticed…you guessed it…a dime. As a rule, I don’t allow change to go rogue in my handbag. I put the dime in my wallet and hit the road.
I’m the biggest skeptic on the planet when it comes to this stuff. But why only dimes? Why not other coins? And why only in this tight span of a few days? The dime in my purse isn’t really so odd I suppose. But a solo dime in the dryer or on the counter is harder to explain.
As the theory goes, dimes are being moved by the departed to catch your attention. Need I say again that this goes against my entire belief system and I knew nothing about it until after I reached my weekend destination? Dimes are light and they’re likely to be noticed when they suddenly appear. Google it if you like. Real newspapers have published real news stories on the phenomenon. Widows and other grieving people have bowls overflowing with collected dimes.
There are things in this world that go beyond the hard evidence of science. This I know. Is the dime theory one of them? That I don’t know. But I have thirty cents that I can’t explain.
So all the pennies, nickels, quarters, loonies and toonies I’ve found over the years on the ground and in my house and (occasionally) in my dryer and in my truck are all meaningless but the dimes had supernatural significance? Sounds reasonable to me. Is it just Canadian currency that this works with? If the US exchange rate is relatively high like it is now and I find a US dime does that mean someone is trying to contact me a little harder than usual or that they put a little more value on me than someone they just leave regular old Canadian dimes for? So many questions!
Isn’t it wonderful that we’re all free to believe (or disbelieve) whatever we choose? And if that belief brings us comfort and we’re not blowing up Planned Parenthood offices to prove our point, isn’t that also a blessing? It sounds condescending to say that you won’t get it until you’ve experienced it for yourself, but it’s not meant to…it’s just true. I didn’t believe in much of this stuff before, either, Kevin. And it’s not out of desperation to connect to someone who’s died; it’s just asking “what if” and letting the answers bring some much-needed comfort. (And yes, dimes show up in different currencies. I’d prefer the US ones, or $100 bills, but that’s not how it works, they say…) Erin
Oh my goodness. I just said to my husband the other day that I have been finding dimes everywhere. I have always heard about pennies from heaven, but dimes!!! I have found them in the laundry, laying on my carseat, on the floor at work, one on the kitchen floor etc. I have been finding them everywhere! Really!!!!!
With me, it’s feathers. My Mom passed 8 years go. We were very close. I know, finding feathers outside is the result of birds losing them. So be it! But, I’ve collected many over the years in strange places, I might add. I even experienced her fragrance as well. – L’air du Temps (the perfume she loved).
Once I heard about the significance of what finding a dime meant, I am so much more aware and I am grateful every time I find a dime from my Angels……thank you, thank you, thank you.
The day I went for a job interview a dime was on the seat of my car. I got the job.
The anniversary of my sister becoming an Angel, there was a dime right outside my door.
The day my daughter announced she was having another child, I found a dime.
The day I had a Basel Cell removed from my face, I found a dime outside my car.
I was feeling a little depressed one day, found 2 dimes in the dryer.
Those are just some of my findings and I keep every dime I find.
Thanks for letting me share.
Cheers!
My mother died in March. It was an unnatural, “unfair” death that was dealt her because of greed. I miss her terribly as does my daughter. A few days later we were in a store shopping for Easter and a total stranger began to talk with us. She asked about our loss and then asked us if we had found any dimes. My daughter and I did not understand what she was talking about but we both admitted that we had, but did not understand any connection between that and our grief.Over the past months dimes have shown up seemingly out of the blue. Recently as my daughter and I boarded a TTC bus my daughter went to sit in the closest seat and there on the seat was a dime. It brought her some comfort. A few weeks ago, I was in the checkout at the grocery store and suddenly decided to move from where I was to another checkout. I don’t know why I moved, but there in front of me as I was handing my purchases to the clerk, I noticed a dime on the ledge beneath the counter. The dimes have shown up in pockets, on floors, at ATM’s, the table,….. many places where they had never been seen before.
After I lost my Dad 8 years ago, I kept finding pennies and had heard of the Pennies From Heaven story. When pennies went out of circulation I felt so sad as I looked forward to finding pennies, without looking for them and always had a “chat” with Dad when I found one. Lately, I have been finding dimes…..never before…. so now Dad and I have longer chats! It’s comforting to say the least.