A wish in Deutschland

Here I am on Aug. 8 tossing a 2009 U.S. penny into Fairytale Fountain located in the town center of Steinau, Germany. The fountain was designed only 24 years ago in honor of the bicentennial celebration of Jacob Grimm's birthday. Its column features the castle of Sleeping Beauty on top and there are figures around the column and on the rim of the fountain denoting characters from other Brothers Grimm fairy tales. The building behind me was built in 1589 for people of lower nobility who served on the count's court.

It was an amazing place to be indeed. As for what wish my penny carried to the bottom of the fountain...oh, but I cannot tell or it won't come true, will it? Ha. Of course I do not believe a penny has power to grant wishes, though it is fun to imagine what dreams are attached to pennies in fountains. I do believe that if people have hope in the Creator, their dreams--desires of their hearts--can become reality.

Back home in Colorado now, I have hopes for my penny manuscript finding a publisher; the Penny Project opening the imaginations of hundreds more school children, from the Rockies to Harlem in particular; and continuing friendships with those I met in Germany (all of whom I gave a 2009 penny, emphasizing to them the four words imprinted over Lincoln's head: In God We Trust).

Splash!