A few years ago an article in the Minnesota Women's Press, caught my eye. Glenda Martin's column, mentions The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere (available through used book stores) by Debra Marquart. Glenda states “Marquart tells about finding dimes in the most unlikely places after her father's death”. Here's my story...
Recently, while walking I spotted my dime a few steps ahead of me. An older couple a few feet to my right spotted it too and before I could pick it up the woman bent and scooped it up. As I drew nearer I said, “oh, you picked up my dime.” The man looked at me skeptically but I continued, “my dad leaves them for me.” A look passed between them and the man gruffly stated “well, if you need it so badly” even as the woman started to hand the dime to me. I laughed and said, “oh, no, you keep it please but would you let me tell you why I think it's mine.” I'm certain by now the man thought I was a lunatic and he better humor me but the woman said,”go ahead dear”. So I told her the story of seeing a letter in a magazine from a woman who felt angels were leaving her dimes in unexpected places as a reminder of her dear father who had passed away. I could understand this woman's need for connection with her father as mine had passed away quite recently and I was struggling with the loss. So I chuckled and said “ok, dad, would you leave me a dime so I know you are fine”.Within the day those shiny reminders started showing up in the strangest places. A wooded path, my seat at a restaurant, in my grocery bag, the condiment counter at McDonald's. Sometimes days will go by and then I'll think, where are you dad? and there the dime will be, right in my range of vision. Not pennies, or nickels but dimes! My husband and I have begun calling the dimes I find, A Dad! Just yesterday, walking across the grocery store parking lot, there it was; my dime, my comfort. Though some may think these dimes are only found money, I prefer to think of them as a gift from my dad.
You'll find lots of books about Spiritualism and Parapsychology beginning in the 130's of non-fiction.
Besides a slew of fiction here's a couple of of non-fiction titles specifically about angels that you'll find in our library:
Angel Letters by Sophie Burnham
A Book of Angels by Sophie Burnham
The valkyries : an encounter with angels by Paulo Coelho
Angels in America DVD
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