One candle, one cake, one very confused look at the singing strangers.
Fresh today · Sunday, 5 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.
You learned to clap this year — well-timed, since the whole family is applauding you.
Twelve months of teaching us how to slow down, and somehow speeding everything up.
Happy 1st birthday — your tiny shoes are the smallest receipt for a very big year.
She's one. The math seems wrong, but the calendar insists.
From milk to mashed banana to mysterious refusal — quite the culinary arc, little one.
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Browse by occasion
What are we writing today?
Cabinets sorted by occasion. Open one — pages are arranged by warmth, not algorithm.
- Anniversary
- Baby
- Belated
- Best
- Birthday
- Boy
- Boyfriend
- Christian
- Christmas
- Congratulation
- Diwali
- Easter
- Eid Mubarak
- Engagement
- Farewell
- Fathers Day
- Friendship
- Funny
- Get Well
- Girl
- Girlfriend
- Good Morning
- Good Night
- Graduation
- Hanukkah
- Heart Touching
- Holiday
- Invitation
- Job
- Love
- Miss You
- Mothers Day
- New Year
- Recovery
- Retirement
- Romantic
- Thank You
- Thanksgiving
- Wedding
- Well
- Women's Day
- Sympathy
- Valentine's Day
- Halloween
- Veterans Day
More from today
To our one-year-old: may you keep finding the world hilarious for no clear reason.
Happy birthday — your first year was a slow miracle on fast-forward.
One full year of you, and we're still discovering new sounds we didn't know you'd make.
You walked, you waved, you stole the room — what a debut.
Happy first birthday to a girl with strong opinions about which spoon is acceptable.
One year ago you were a hope; today you're a hurricane in a sundress.
May this next year bring you steady feet and the patience to use them.
Happy 1st — the only thing growing faster than you is the photo album.
To the smallest person at the party — and the most important one.
One year old, and you've already made grandparents out of regular old people.
Happy birthday — your laugh has been the year's best discovery.
She blew out a candle today, mostly by accident, and the whole room cheered anyway.
Twelve months in, and every single one feels like it earned its keep.
Happy first birthday — may you keep being exactly this much trouble, forever.
You've made it to one, which feels small to you and enormous to us.
To the year-old girl: thank you for choosing this family — we'll spend a lifetime returning the favor.
Welcome, little girl — the family tree just grew its most fragrant blossom.
A new baby girl arrived, and ordinary Tuesday became unforgettable.
Congratulations on the daughter — may her arrival rewrite your favorite chapter.