Our Story
It’s My Perfect Day Foundation began with a grandmother, a granddaughter, and a daily text message.
As Ginnie's granddaughter, Kea, was making the transition into middle school, Ginnie began sending her daily messages of encouragement and affirmation. They were simple reminders meant to help Kea begin her day knowing she was loved, supported, capable, and worthy.
Then something unexpected happened.
Kea's friends began asking what “Grandma Ginnie” had shared that day.
Those messages were meant for one teenager, but other young people were listening. They wanted encouragement, too.
Over lunch one day, Ginnie shared the story with her longtime friend Deann and wondered aloud how she might reach more teens. How could they put that same kind of encouragement into the hands of young people who might need it, including those who don't have a Grandma Ginnie sending them a message every morning?
Deann suggested creating a deck of cards.
Within hours, the idea began to take shape.
What started as daily texts became It’s My Perfect Day, a deck of affirmation cards created especially for teens. The cards offer small reminders of self-worth, courage, belonging, resilience, possibility, and hope.
They are intentionally inclusive and are not connected to any one religion or belief system. Teens are encouraged to use the words that speak to them, change the ones that don't, and even create affirmations of their own.
But the idea didn't stop with one deck.
Ginnie and Deann began imagining what might happen if these cards could reach young people far beyond their own families and communities, particularly teens who might not regularly hear that they matter.
That idea became It’s My Perfect Day Foundation.
Today, the Foundation is growing from the same simple belief that inspired Ginnie's first text to Kea:
Every young person deserves to be reminded that they are valued, supported, and capable of meeting a new day with hope, courage, and possibility.
Sometimes something very small can travel much farther than we ever imagined.
Sometimes it begins with a text from Grandma.
