Where does this money come from? As we've seen above, at times its appearance seems random. In other cases, however, the "money from nowhere" seems very purposeful indeed, sometimes with a clear connection to a deceased loved one.
Dawn B.'s 39-year-old father was killed away from home while on a business trip. While alive, he always kept a change jar on a shelf in the kitchen and would give out change to Dawn and her mother as needed. Even though he was now gone, it seemed to Dawn that he was still doling out coins...
- After his death, we started to find dimes all over the house. We would clean the kitchen counter come back into the room and find dimes on the counter. They would show up inside jewelry cases, in the car, in the sink, under plants in the house. After I had children, I would find quarters on their high-chair trays, falling out of their walkers, on the car seats. It has been 10 years since my father's death and we still find dimes and quarters that seem to come from nowhere. It has become a sense of peace for my family to know that my father is still here with us in some way. (Read the complete story)
Michele S. tells of a tradition her "Poppa" had of giving her a dollar every time she did something good. When she was grown and had two children of her own, he continued the tradition, handing them dollar bills whenever they visited. He would not let the tradition go, it seems, even after his death...
- We were preparing to go on a trip to a livestock show in San Antonio, and I asked my daughter to go into the attic and retrieve a box I needed. As she went into the attic to retrieve this box, she found a single dollar bill laying on top of it. No one had been up there since we had put away the Christmas decorations on January 1! She brought the dollar down to show me and I knew it was a signal to her from Poppa that he was wishing her luck at the stock show. She returned to the attic, and hollered down again. There was ANOTHER single dollar bill on top of the box! I knew this one was meant for my son from Poppa. Poppa would never have wanted him to feel left out. And apparently, Poppa's dollars brought them very good luck. They both brought home a blue ribbon. Thank you, Poppa. (Read the complete story)
This last story is one of my favorites. It has all the elements of this puzzling phenomenon: the deceased relative seen as the source, a desperate need, and circumstances that preclude any logical explanation and point only to a true paranormal phenomenon. Helen Q. was sitting in the living room with her adolescent son discussing money or, rather, the lack of it...
- It was a really bad time in my life. I was crying because I didn't have lunch money for my three sons' school lunches the next day and I didn't know what to do about it. I had decided to just keep them home from school. My son was 12 and hadn't missed a day all year and he was saying, "I can't miss tomorrow! I just can't!" All I needed was $3 and I couldn't even get that. We heard a noise in the kitchen and we went out to check -- and there were some quarters on the floor. I was afraid to touch them. It was the scariest thing I had ever experienced. I wanted to run out of the house, but my two other kids were in bed asleep. My son finally decided to pick them up. He put them on the table. They were icy cold. There were exactly $3 in quarters! Then my son said, "It's from Grandma. She always gave me quarters." I felt so good at that very minute. I knew everything would be okay from then on. We never had to go without again. Life just seemed to come together for us after that night. (Read the complete story)
