Fresh today · Monday, 13 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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Happy birthday, daughter. May the year ahead be the kind one, the slow one, the one where you can breathe.

To my daughter — happy birthday. Same vow every year, with more weight: I love you, I see you, I'm in this with you.

Happy birthday, daughter. The card is short. The love is the long-haul kind. The forever kind.

Happy birthday! Hope the day brings a long lunch and an even longer cake break.

Happy birthday to my favorite person to share the office snack drawer with.

Wishing you a birthday spent doing exactly what you'd choose — preferably not opening email.

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