Fresh today · Sunday, 12 July

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.

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Wishes in the library
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"The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." Welcome.

"A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race." Congratulations on the new little one.

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." Welcome.

"A baby is a wishing well — drop in a prayer, pull out a soul." Congratulations.

"It is the nature of babies to be in bliss." Welcome, little one. May it last.

"A baby's smile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world." Congratulations on the new arrival.

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"Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child." Welcome.

"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on." Congratulations.

"Children make your life important." Welcome to the new little one.

"A baby is something that turns your world upside down and somehow makes it stand right side up at the same time." Congratulations.

"There's no greater love than the love between a parent and a child." Welcome to the new family.

"A baby is born with a fist full of dreams." May they all come true. Welcome.

"The soul is healed by being with children." Welcome, little one.

"A new baby is the closest thing to a fresh start the universe gives us." Congratulations.

"Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of." Congratulations to both new parents.

"A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother." Welcome to all of it.

"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work." Welcome, little one.

"A baby is the most beautiful thing your house will ever hold." Congratulations.

"Where there is a baby, there is hope." Welcome to the new little one.

Congratulations to the new parents. The favorite kind of news.

Wishing the new parents all the patience the next year will quietly require.

Congratulations on the new baby. You're both about to become the people you were quietly meant to be.

To the new parents — the favorite job in the world. May the love hold you up on the tired days.

Congratulations. The baby is here. The love is here. The sleep will return. Eventually.

Welcome to parenthood, you two. The hardest, best thing you'll ever do.