Finding money

One day a friend and I were out for a walk. My friend is a scientist, an engineer, and a no-nonsense kind of woman. She is also the only person I know who goes to Aruba; she loves to windsurf there every chance she gets. As we walked down the street in a small New Hampshire town, I was talking to her about how I always find money, and she was kindly allowing me my little stories about this. As I was telling her, I looked down and said, "Look, here is a coin!" Imagine my surprise when I looked at it and it said ARUBA on it. I laughed and handed it to her saying, "And I think this one is for you!" Another money story: When my daughter became pregnant with her first child, my husband went into immediate action and began making a cradle. My task was to find a 2011 penny to put at the base of the cradle to commemorate the year of the baby's birth. I thought that would be easy, but even though I went through all my pennies, my friend's pennies, and asked at banks, I could not find a 2011 penny. I gave up. After my granddaughter was born, my husband and I were there (Washington, DC) helping out. One morning we strapped the baby in the front pack to go out for a walk and give the new parents some time to sleep. As we were walking along in the middle of the city, I looked down and saw a coin. I picked it up, and it was a 2011 penny.