Fresh today · Tuesday, 14 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. The candles are many. The fire department has been notified.

Wishing you a birthday spent in elastic-waist pants. Truly.

Happy birthday. You're not getting older. You're just leveling up. Sadly there's no skill tree.

Wishing you a birthday with a really, really good nap in it.

Happy birthday. May your phone battery last and your phone calls be brief.

Wishing you a birthday where the kids let you finish a sentence at least once.

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Wishing you a birthday with the kind of cake that should be considered a religious experience.

Happy birthday. May your gifts be useful and your relatives be amusing rather than alarming.

Wishing you a birthday spent surrounded by people who laugh at the same things you laugh at.

Happy birthday. The good news: you're another year wiser. The bad news: it doesn't show on the outside as much as we hoped.

Wishing you a happy birthday and a quiet reminder that adulthood was probably oversold to all of us.

Wishing you a birthday that holds up. The good kind. The kind that's worth a Tuesday repeat.

Happy birthday. The very best of everything, for a person who deserves the very best of everything.

A toast to you, on your day. May the year ahead be the easy one.

Happy birthday. Sending the best of what I have — attention, gratitude, and the wish that this is your year.

Best wishes on your birthday. May the candles be many and the troubles few.

Wishing you everything good — the small joys, the long laughs, and the year that finally hands you what you've been working for.

Happy birthday. To the person I trust with my secrets — best wishes for the year ahead.

Best wishes for a birthday spent the way you'd choose. With the people you'd choose. In the way only you would.

Happy birthday. May the next twelve months be lighter than the last twelve.

Sending the very best your way today. The kind of wishes that stick around past the cake.

Happy birthday. The world is a sturdier place because you're in it. Sending good news your way.