Received from co-worker who attended a public forum and was inspired by the speech

At work

For a while before MYL I hadn’t been feeling like myself, i had drama with a boy, my friends and my family, typical teenage girl stuff. I got to the point where I felt like nobody really cared about me and even though they might love me i wasn’t significant enough. important enough. pretty enough. And the only person who made me feel important was a boy who only liked me when he was bored. The last night of myl we had a talk with our teams about what we experienced here. Everybody was talking about how different it was from school and how at school they were judged by their older siblings reputations or for coming from a different middle school. And it just triggered me. I started crying; I couldn’t help it. It reminded me too much of my own life. Later that night we sat together in a circle with the lights off and were told repeatedly that we were enough. I couldn’t get it to feel real, to mean anything. That was the first day I decided I was done being sad. I had been waiting for someone else to “save” me but it was to save myself. I started to forget that moment when I got back to school. More problems with the boy, it was all just so confusing. Blasting my music, hating the world, on the way to practice I saw the back of a playing card in the dirt. And I swear on everything when I flipped it over it was a 7 of hearts. I remembered the card and MYL and the goal I was working towards of being myself again. I don’t quite know where I’m going with this because I’m not there yet. Life isn’t perfect, I didn’t win. But I want to. I started letting my friends see how i’m feeling, I started writing about it. If you take the time to read this whole long story and you haven’t been feeling yourself take this as a sign to reach out. please. Think of me and know that if you have the strength to do it then maybe others will too. If you are okay right now, ask your friends how they’re doing. Show somebody you love that you truly care about them. <3

I will give this card to someone who seems like they have been down lately, hopefully this card will give them a light in their life and they can pass it on to someone else to give them light

A couple days after my brother Nathan passed unexpectedly I went on a road trip with the rest of my brothers to go to this thrift store. At the thrift store I randomly felt this pull to look in this one section of books…. The way I’ve always picked out books for myself is entirely intuitive. I never know what book I’m grabbing or what it’s about I always just intuitively feel into each spine of the book and pick the ones I get a “yes” from. Right away I felt the strongest yes I’ve ever felt for the book associated with this card. As soon as I pulled it out and read the name Nathan on the front I gasped and had chills all over my body. All of a sudden I felt like I was in a dream. Key part of the story is my brother Nathan and I were about to move to Las Vegas together. Upon picking up the book I randomly flipped to a page. The page I landed on was all about Las Vegas and even had a big Las Vegas sign by the text. The page was also page 8 and 8 is Nathan’s lucky number. I was so spooked I immediately found my brother Kyle and showed him what I found. He randomly flipped to a page and the page he flipped to said “Nathan passed away the morning after you were there.” That spooked Kyle and I even more because it was true. Kyle had just moved back into the family home the night before Nathan died the following morning. Every member of my family after holding the book and flipping to a random page found a message for them that touched their hearts so deeply. After reading the book in its entirety, at the end I found this card. I took it as my brother Nathan from the “otherside” giving me the card letting me know that the simple moments we shared together meant more to him than I ever could’ve known. The card was a reminder to move forward living out the message of the book and passing on the love he showed others in every moment. I know this story probably seems way out there but it’s 100% true and what happened. I will forever be changed from the moment I picked up this book at the thrift store and found this card. RIP Nathan 05/29/1999-05/06/2025

She just stop in front of me and smiled and said that is for you

A confirmation that nothing happens by "accident". Thanks for the roomful of smiles. Happy birthday!

I received this card by attending MYL 2025. hearing this story inspired me to go on and make other peoples lives as wonderful as they can be, to allow people who might not be as lucky as i am to accomplish amazing things, to show people that anything is possible no matter what. I want to make a difference in our world for people who need it.