Fresh today · Sunday, 26 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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Wishing you fifty more years of being exactly who you are. Bare minimum.

Happy 50th. You're at the age where you can say what you mean. Use it well.

To the fifty-year-old whose energy still embarrasses people in their thirties. Happy birthday.

Happy 50th. Whatever you've learned, share it. Whatever you haven't, you've got time.

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Fifty: the year you stop pretending you don't take naps. Happy birthday.

Happy 50th to the person whose company is genuinely good for the soul.

Wishing you the kind of 50th where the room is full and the love is louder.

To the 50-year-old, freshly minted: welcome. We've been waiting for you.

Happy 50th. The first half was a warm-up. Here's to the part where you actually live.

Happy 50th. You did the hard part — fifty years of being a person. Now coast.

Cheers to fifty. The decade where the wisdom catches up with the wit.

I missed your birthday. I'm sorry. Happy belated, with double the love to make up for it.

Happy birthday — a few days late. Please don't kick me out of your life.

I'm late. The wish is sincere. The cake's still on me. Happy belated birthday.

I owe you a belated happy birthday and a sincere apology. Both, with feeling.

Happy belated birthday! I had every intention of being on time. Life didn't.

Belated birthday wishes — please accept them with the same warmth they're sent.

Happy belated! Mark it down: I'm a great friend with a bad calendar.