A Sliver of Hope

I reached into the right-side pocket of my jeans that I had worn the night before, to remove its contents before I put the still-clean pants away. I already knew what was in there- a piece of paper (on which I had listed, "acidophilus") and some lucky pennies. Lucky pennies are ones that I find on the ground and stick in my pocket, whether heads-up or tails-up. Simply finding a coin makes it lucky for you!!
I remembered finding three of them altogether last night- I was walking around a nearby neighborhood. I always scan the ground for coins when I am walking outside, because they add up surprisingly quickly. I saw a familiar shiny, copper-colored disk on the road below me, gleaming. I stooped down to pick it up, and found two others within a couple inches of the first.
More than one coin is lucky, and if you even find another, the luck continues to be multiplied!!
Three is very lucky, thus.

As I pulled the scrap of paper and coins out of my pocket, I discovered something. There was an extra penny in my hand...
I didn't take enough time to act as I think, so I tossed them into the change jar and then realized I should have looked at the pennies to see what new year was added to the mix. Oh well.

Basically, I mysteriously had four lucky pennies in my pocket.
When I had found the three on the ground last night, I took it as an encouraging sign that maybe my supposed affliction is not real, and that I do not need to worry.

I can only hope.
And finding that extra lucky penny today, gives me even more hope.
Or it could mean what I daydreamed about as I walked around my room, entertaining the idea that maybe it was what I always wanted.
But I didn't really want it...