I hope I become a person who lets you be more yourself than I ever quite was.
New Wishes
A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.
I hope I become the kind of parent you will want to call without hesitation.
I hope I become someone you can disagree with and still trust.
I hope I become the home you can always come back to, even when you don't need it.
I hope I become unafraid to say I don't know and to learn alongside you.
I hope I become a parent whose love is loud in the quiet ways.
What are we writing today?
Cabinets sorted by occasion. Open one — pages are arranged by warmth, not algorithm.
- Anniversary
- Baby
- Belated
- Best
- Birthday
- Boy
- Boyfriend
- Christian
- Christmas
- Congratulation
- Diwali
- Easter
- Eid Mubarak
- Engagement
- Farewell
- Fathers Day
- Friendship
- Funny
- Get Well
- Girl
- Girlfriend
- Good Morning
- Good Night
- Graduation
- Hanukkah
- Heart Touching
- Holiday
- Invitation
- Job
- Love
- Miss You
- Mothers Day
- New Year
- Recovery
- Retirement
- Romantic
- Thank You
- Thanksgiving
- Wedding
- Well
- Women's Day
- Sympathy
- Valentine's Day
- Halloween
- Veterans Day
I hope I become the kind of person you can borrow strength from when yours runs low.
I hope I become a softer version of myself for you.
I hope I become a parent who knows that loving you is the favorite thing I'll ever do.
I hope I become the kind of person who shows you what kindness looks like in action.
I hope I become brave enough to let you fail and wise enough to be there when you do.
I hope I become a parent who trusts you to make your own mistakes and your own meanings.
I hope I become someone whose home is a place you can be tired in.
I hope I become a parent you can tell anything to, including the things I don't want to hear.
I hope I become the kind of person whose love makes you braver, not smaller.
I hope I become a parent who keeps growing alongside you.
I hope I become someone whose presence is its own kind of yes.
I hope I become the kind of mother (or father) who knows when to stop talking and just listen.
I hope I become a parent who is hard to disappoint and easy to forgive.
I hope I become the person who never makes you choose between honesty and love.
I hope I become someone you would still want to know if I weren't your parent.
I hope I become the kind of person who is proud of you out loud, and often.
I hope I become a parent whose home you bring your own children back to one day.
I hope I become the favorite voice in your head on the hardest days.
I hope you learn to apologize first and well.