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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffC, post: 3292308, member: 90913&quot;]Time for me to share why I started this thread about &quot;Pocket Pieces&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s really not about lucky coins that you rub before buying lottery tickets.&nbsp; Let me explain.&nbsp; I was grabbing a bite with a lady and when we were paying at the counter, I noticed that she had a special coin in one of those small 1&quot; ziplock bags which she took out and then put back in her purse.&nbsp; I asked to see it and saw that it was a coin from Mexico.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Is this valuable?&quot; I asked.&nbsp; She shrugged her shoulders and said she didn&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Probably not,&quot; she said.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Why are you carrying this one?&quot; I asked.&nbsp; She then began her story.</p><p><br /></p><p>When she was younger, her father was an odd job worker and the family lived paycheck to paycheck.&nbsp; As a routine ritual, she and her mother would hide loose change in various areas of the house: Beneanth a stack of plates, behind books, under a table lamp, etc.&nbsp; During days when she was hungry and they needed to buy food, both mother and daughter would embark on a game of &quot;treasure hunt&quot; - they would look at all the familiar hiding places to try to find enough spare change to put together to buy a meal.&nbsp; One day though, all they found was one coin, the one my friend kept to this day.&nbsp; Too bad, I forget the denomination.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t enough to buy a meal.&nbsp; My friend (not being too wise for her young age) then asked her mother to go and borrow money, which her mom declined.&nbsp; Later, my friend saw her mom crying.&nbsp; From that point onwards, she never asked again.&nbsp; She told me she kept that one coin all these years as a reminder of her roots and why we should not take our blessings - no matter how humble - for granted.&nbsp; I teared up a little and made sure to finish every bit of my Quarter Pounder with Cheese.</p><p><br /></p><p>And when I saw the LCC ad, I wondered who else had a nice story behind a coin they carried.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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