Happy birthday, my love. Of all the lives I could have lived, this one — the one with you in it — is the one I would choose again.
Fresh today · Tuesday, 21 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.
Birthday wishes for the special person who has, somehow, become the answer to questions I didn't know to ask.
Happy birthday, my love. Same person. Still the one. Year after year, deeper than the last.
Birthday love. May the year ahead be soft to you. May we both notice when it is. Same vow as every year, same answer.
Happy birthday, wife. We've been married long enough that I know exactly which side of the bed is mine. That's love.
Birthday wishes for the wife who has, despite decades, still not learned to load the dishwasher correctly. I've stopped pointing it out. That's growth.
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More from today
Happy birthday. We promised to love each other in sickness and health. Nobody mentioned we'd also have to agree on what to eat.
Wife — happy birthday. The candles on the cake are also a small fire hazard now. We've informed the building.
Happy birthday, wife. The years pile up. The arguments about the thermostat also pile up. Both are part of the deal.
Birthday card for my wife: hand-drawn, lightly insulting, fully sincere. Same as every year.
Happy birthday. You don't look a day over forty. Mostly because the lighting in our bathroom is incredibly forgiving.
Wife — happy birthday. May your hair hold, your knees not click yet, and your wallet survive your own birthday dinner choices.
Happy birthday, wife. Another year survived. The genes are doing their best. So is denial.
Birthday wishes for the wife who has, after all these years, finally learned which dishwasher cycle to use. Progress.
Happy birthday. I'd buy you a real gift, but you've reached the age where you return everything for store credit.
Wife — happy birthday. Statistically, you're now closer to needing reading glasses than to your wedding day. Discuss with your optometrist.
Happy birthday, wife. The hangover from tonight is now a two-day event. Plan accordingly. Hydrate aggressively.
Birthday hugs for the wife who has, by some quiet miracle, made it to another year without us having to host an intervention.
Happy birthday. Today, you can be funnier than me. For strictly one day. Strictly today.
Wife — happy birthday. The grand gestures get the headlines. The dad jokes I tell you in the kitchen are the daily love.
Happy birthday, wife. May the year ahead be slightly less embarrassing than last year. Low bar. We can do it together.
Birthday card for the wife who has aged like fine wine — meaning, you've gotten more expensive and harder to handle.
Happy birthday, wife. The bar tonight is on me. The bar of expectations tonight is on the floor. Both work.
Birthday wishes. The cake is bigger than your head. We've called the bakery. It's intentional.
Happy birthday. Eat the cake. Drink the drink. Lie about the age. Repeat every year.