For You - MM Care Cards Explained

So here is the history of the MM Care Cards, the Who, the What, the When and the How.

The whole enchilada…. *Mmmm enchiladas*

So the Who well that’s a no brainer right? I developed the idea for the cards but the What and When are the meat and potatoes of it all (sorry for all the food analogies guys, I must me hungry)

The cards were started a mere 2 months ago! On March 30th, I only remember this because I posted about it on social media, thanks Instagram! That day my depression was bad I cannot tell you now why but I did the one thing that usually made my mind stop running a mile a minute, and that was pushing my body to run instead. I am in no way an athlete so it takes all my energy, both mental and physical to run, especially Communication Hill and all my San Jose people know what that means.

After my run I still felt upset which was unusual, exhausting my body had almost always worked. It was a hard time for me back then I woke up every day, went to work then worked out till I was too tired to think and too tired to care about the lingering disappointment that I had stopped caring about anything.

You can imagine my frustration when my run didn’t stop the flood of negative thoughts it was supposed to. Perhaps you can’t so let me paint this out for you, there I was pouting, literally pouting a grown women the age of 30 years old thinking the very childish selfish thought “why doesn’t anyone see I’m hurting, why doesn’t anyone care enough to buy me a gift” that’s right a gift!...let me explain… when people in my life are struggling I buy them gifts, random little things to let them know they are seen and cared for.

So there I was crying in my car while driving home because no one had cared enough to bring me a gift. I am not proud of this behavior but it is honest, I promised you I would be honest. Suddenly I felt convicted, I felt as if I was being told “When was the last time you did something for someone else?” I am a faith based person *no worries if you’re not* so I knew I had a choice to make. To sit in my sorrow and hate those in my life for not catering to my every outburst or to do something that mattered. And just as suddenly as the first thought had come immediately came the idea for the cards. I was going to write the card I needed to find that day, I was going to write a lot of them and I was going to hope that they would find someone like me who needed them too.

I drove to the first Target I seen and bought 2 packs of the bargain bin blank cards and wrote one while I was there and left it in the women’s bathroom. I went home and wrote out all the cards and honestly it was the best evening I had spent alone in a very long time.

This is the What, what I wrote in them:

“Hello Mosaic,

I am honored you picked up this card. A mosaic is made of putting broken pieces back together to make something new and beautiful. So if life has left you broken, that is ok! But you do not have to stay that way. You can pick up your pieces. You are important and you matter! My heart’s desire is that we support and encourage each other, so this is for you, a reminder that you are not broken, you are a beautiful Mosaic.”

I signed them with my art Instagram “Mexicana Mosaic Art” and the left them everywhere I went, coffee shops, the gym, restaurants… wherever.  

I really did not expect to hear from anyone but I did! Women messaged me saying how they found one and how they needed it. I can’t explain what this meant to me. There were not many but I told myself if there was just one the cards touched then it was worth it. I continue this practice of card making now and it has been the best medicine for my depression.

So here is the real exciting part the How, how can you get involved, how can we help more people and encourage them to heal and gain self-love?

Attend a workshop (check out the event section or book a workshop you can e-mail me for details) make a card and spread some hope. It really does make a difference, in not only the person who finds it but also to the person who writes it.

Small gestures can make a Big difference.

Not into the cards that’s ok! Find something you are interested in and let it change you and let it change the world.

Are you a visual person like me???  I mean who doesn't like stories with pictures right?!

Click on Image below to get a feel for the day the MM Care cards came to be. * These images are from my past Instagram posts, all honest no reenactments here*