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After my sister’s memorial service on June 15, I was sitting with two of Mary’s closest friends from high school, Tracy and Sue, who flew up from Fort Lauderdale for the service. Neil brought a friend, Mark Brown, over to our table and introduced use.
“Mark has a great synchronicity story, Trish, about spirit contact. You have to hear this.”
So here is Mark’s story.

“My mom was 88 last year and I was mad at myself for only seeing her once in the prior year. She lived in Arizona. I made a bet with a friend at work, who’s a misguided Yankee fan when he should be a Red Sox fan. I said to him that I would wear Yankee’s attire in the office if I did not make reservations to see my mom before the end of February. If I did make those plans, he owed me a shiny nickel. It’s important to know the shiny part of the deal. Annie, my daughter, and I went out and saw mom on President’s weekend and had a great visit. I won the nickel, but it was not that shiny. While visiting with mom, we went out to restaurants and visited with my brother out there. It was a normal visit.

“To our complete surprise, she died eight days later. We were glad that she had visits with new great grandchildren and us before she went. None of us saw it coming so all of our visits were very upbeat. Tracy, my wife, and others stated what a great way to die. At first, I wasn’t ready to hear that, but I did not want her to suffer so I think that makes a lot of sense.

“In my office, I leave nuts and gum for anyone who stops by. Sometimes, people leave change, but not most of the time. Days after the funeral, I came back to my office. Most everything was normal. I stepped out for some reason and when I came back, someone must have come in for almonds. On the floor, there was one almond and the shiniest nickel I’d ever seen. It was not from the person I made the bet with because he was not in the office that day. Surely, someone could have dropped off change, but that was the only coin visible.

“This is where you can say I’m nuts (pun intended), but I take it as a sign that mom wanted me to know that she was fine. When I told this to others in my family, two of them had their own “nickel” experiences.

“This brought me comfort and I hope this true story does the same for you.

P.S. I sent this to a person I know from coaching soccer and here was her reaction:

“I was in the middle of reading your story, Ava and I were in line at Chick Fil A ordering dinner. I hadn’t finished your story yet, but had to pull out my money to pay, which included change. (The total was $10.15). The first coin, out of all the coins, I pulled out and could have pulled out, was a very shiny nickel. I kid you not. I don’t believe in coincidences. Your mom is still okay. So, thanks for taking time to share with me. I really appreciate it.”

And thank you, Mark, for sharing this and thank you, Neil, for introducing Mark and me!! This my be the first shiny nickel story I’ve heard related to spirit contact. But I’ve learned that spirits can use virtually anything to let us know they’re fine.

Happy summer solstice to everyone!