Wishing you the relief of no longer rewriting the same project rubric every August.
Fresh today · Sunday, 7 June
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.
May former students keep emailing the unexpected updates that make retirement feel like reunion.
Step away from the bell knowing your voice still echoes politely in plenty of heads.
For the patience, the second chances, the late-night marking — gratitude that won't fit on a card.
May your retirement be loud only when grandchildren visit and quiet whenever you require.
Wishing you the curiosity that made you a teacher to remain the engine of your next decade.
↑ pick one up
Browse by occasion
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
More from today
Here's to chalkboards traded for kitchen tables and roll calls replaced by long, slow walks.
Retire knowing the students remember not the test, but how you waited for them to think.
For the coworker who made the shared printer feel like neutral territory — happy retirement, finally.
May your inbox auto-reply outlive the urgency it used to manage on everyone else's behalf.
You were the colleague who knew where everything lived; we'll be lost by Thursday.
Step out of the building knowing the kitchen will never load the dishwasher correctly again.
Wishing you mornings that begin without the standing meeting we both quietly resented.
Here's to the coworker who answered every question patiently, including the ones twice asked.
May the deadlines we shared dissolve into long lunches we'll never quite reschedule together.
Retire into a calendar that doesn't ping you about a recurring sync at 9:03 a.m.
You made the office bearable on the days it actively tried to be otherwise — thank you.
Wishing you a Monday that arrives without the dread of unread chat messages flashing.
Here's to the colleague who heard every rumour and somehow repeated none of them.
May your retirement have the easy rhythm of a Friday afternoon that never fully ends.
You were the steady one — the calendar people set their watches by, professionally speaking.
Step away knowing the projects survive partly because you taught us all the shortcuts.
Wishing you afternoons that don't require status updates to anyone, including yourself.
For the coworker who made the elevator small talk feel humane — happy, well-earned retirement.
May the office Slack feel emptier in the precise shape of your particular sense of humour.