Wishing my granddaughter the magic of believing in miracles, eight nights running.
Fresh today · Tuesday, 30 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.
Chag Urim Sameach, my love — may you carry this Hanukkah's joy into adulthood and back to your own granddaughter someday.
To my granddaughter — may you spin the dreidel and feel, for one moment, every Jewish child who ever did the same.
Wishing my sweet granddaughter a Festival of Lights warm enough to last all winter.
Chag Sameach, dear one — may you grow tall, kind, and proud of every tradition we've handed you.
To my granddaughter — may the songs of Hanukkah live in your mouth long after my voice has stopped singing them.
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More from today
Wishing my granddaughter eight nights of sufganiyot, jelly on chins, and stories from before her time.
Chag Urim Sameach, my darling — may your candles always have someone to light them beside.
To my granddaughter — wishing you a Hanukkah where you are the brightest light in any room you enter.
Wishing my granddaughter the gift of knowing that she is, herself, one of my favorite miracles.
Chag Sameach, sweetheart — may your menorah glow this year and every year I am lucky enough to see.
To my granddaughter — may this Hanukkah plant memories that bloom whenever you smell oil frying.
Wishing my dear granddaughter a Festival of Lights as bright and stubborn and beautiful as you are.
Chag Urim Sameach — may you grow up Jewish, grow up strong, and grow up knowing how loved you have always been.
To my granddaughter — wishing you a Hanukkah of light, learning, and lots of grandmother's lap time.
Chag Sameach, my love — may you remember these eight nights when you are old, and smile.
You've seen me at my worst and stayed — that's the only birthday gift I'll ever need to remember.
Another year of you existing, and somehow the world still doesn't deserve a friend like you.
Birthdays come and go, but the way you've stitched yourself into my life — that's the permanent thing.
I don't have grand words today, just the quiet certainty that knowing you was the luckiest accident of my life.
Some people are chapters, some are footnotes — you, my friend, are the whole spine of the book.
Happy birthday to the person who remembers things about me I've already forgotten about myself.
If souls really do find each other across lifetimes, mine clearly trained for centuries to find yours.
You make ordinary Tuesdays feel like something worth saving — imagine what I think of your birthday.
Every candle on your cake is a small thank-you from me for a kindness you didn't realize you gave.