{"id":4516,"date":"2015-07-22T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T17:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaschnellinger.com\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:48:04","slug":"day-16-pennies-from-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=4516","title":{"rendered":"Day 16: Pennies from Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until I started on this project, I was unaware of the myth that, when someone who is dead misses you<\/a>, wants to make their presence known, or just wants to say Hi, they throw a penny in your path.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0the saying “Pennies from heaven” is of unclear origin; it means money acquired without risk or effort, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. (And yes, it pre-dates the Bing Crosby movie.)<\/p>\n

I’ve found many pennies … \u00a0So now I really wonder who was trying to contact me from the afterlife.<\/p>\n

I find the whole idea enchanting. I’ve begged friends to send me a sign if they die before me.<\/p>\n

Just as a test, I decided to ask my Dad to send me a sign. He’s been gone five years, but some part of him must be in the universe… so, I’m asking for a 2010 penny (the year of his death) to appear in my path on August 11, his birthday.<\/p>\n

That year, by the way, was the first one when the shield was used on the reverse instead of the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n

I’ll let you know what happens.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, enjoy this ghost story: Pennies From Heaven.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Day<\/a><\/p>\n

And I’m selecting\u00a0the second\u00a0of my two 2010 pennies for today.<\/p>\n

(PS, three hours after I posted this, I found a 2010 penny in the laundry room, and another one came up in sorting a roll of pennies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until I started on this project, I was unaware of the myth that, when someone who is dead misses you, wants to make their presence known, or just wants to say Hi, they throw a penny in your path. But\u00a0the saying “Pennies from heaven” is of unclear origin; it means money acquired without risk or … read more Day 16: Pennies from Heaven<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,8,7,75],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pennies","tag-17","tag-dad","tag-heaven","tag-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}