Birthday letter for your son
Dear son,
I am better with a toolbox than with a pen, so bear with me. It is your birthday, and I want to put a few things in writing that I have been carrying around for a while.
First, I am proud of you. Not for any one thing, though there are plenty, but for the way you handle life. You work hard without complaining. You treat people with respect, whether it is your boss or the person bagging your groceries. You own your mistakes. Those are the things I hoped to teach you, and somewhere along the way you learned them better than I ever did.
Second, thank you. Thank you for the Saturday mornings at the hardware store, the late-night talks on the porch and the patience you showed while I was learning how to be a dad. I was figuring it out as I went, and you made it easy to love the job.
Letter · for your son
Birthday · Letter · 194 words · for a card, email or keepsake
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The letter
Dear son,
I am better with a toolbox than with a pen, so bear with me. It is your birthday, and I want to put a few things in writing that I have been carrying around for a while.
First, I am proud of you. Not for any one thing, though there are plenty, but for the way you handle life. You work hard without complaining. You treat people with respect, whether it is your boss or the person bagging your groceries. You own your mistakes. Those are the things I hoped to teach you, and somewhere along the way you learned them better than I ever did.
Second, thank you. Thank you for the Saturday mornings at the hardware store, the late-night talks on the porch and the patience you showed while I was learning how to be a dad. I was figuring it out as I went, and you made it easy to love the job.
Third, you can always come to me. For advice, for help moving a couch or just to sit and say nothing. That door never closes. Happy birthday, son. Have a great one.
With love and pride,
Make it personal
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Write for his age. Big, silly and simple for a little boy; short and not too sappy for a teenager; honest and grown-up for an adult son.
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Name one real thing. A trip you took, a habit he has, a moment you were proud of him. One specific line beats a page of general praise.
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Say the thing you rarely say. “I am proud of you” or “I love who you have become.” Sons of every age remember those words.
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Dear Sam,
Happy birthday, my darling. Every year when your birthday comes around, I find myself thinking back to the very first one: the hospital blanket, the tiny hat, the way you curled your whole hand around my finger as if you had decided right then that I was yours. I think you were right.
Since then you have given me so many things I never knew to ask for. Your terrible knock-knock jokes. The dandelions you picked for me in every park. The night you sat with me in the kitchen when I was sad and said nothing at all, which was exactly what I needed. You have always known how to love people well.
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Happy birthday, my darling. Every year when your birthday comes around, I find myself thinking back to the very first one: the hospital blanket, the tiny hat, the way you curled your whole hand around my finger as if you had decided right then that I was yours. I think you were right. Since then you have given me so many things I never knew to ask for. Your terrible knock-knock jokes. The dandelions you picked for me in every park. The night you sat with me in the kitchen when I was sad and said nothing at all, which was exactly what I needed. You have always known how to love people well. I do not tell you often enough how much I admire you. You are generous, you are honest and you are braver than you think. Whatever this next year brings, I hope you hold on to those things, because they are the best of you. Go celebrate, sweetheart. Eat too much cake, laugh with the people you love and know that somewhere your mum is smiling, thinking about that tiny hand around her finger. With all my love,
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Dear Sam,
It still amazes us that the little boy who refused to wear anything but his rain boots is now a grown man with his own keys, his own plans and his own way of seeing the world. We blinked, and here you are.
Watching you build your life has been one of the quiet joys of ours. We love hearing about your work, your friends and the places you have been. We love that you still call to ask how long to roast a chicken. Most of all, we love the person you have become: steady, thoughtful and generous with your time.
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It still amazes us that the little boy who refused to wear anything but his rain boots is now a grown man with his own keys, his own plans and his own way of seeing the world. We blinked, and here you are. Watching you build your life has been one of the quiet joys of ours. We love hearing about your work, your friends and the places you have been. We love that you still call to ask how long to roast a chicken. Most of all, we love the person you have become: steady, thoughtful and generous with your time. We know adult life is not always easy. There are bills and deadlines and days when everything feels heavy. On those days, we hope you remember that you have a home to come back to and people who will always believe in you, no matter what. So today, on your birthday, we raise a glass to you. To the boy in rain boots, to the man you are now and to every good thing still ahead of you. All our love, always,
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Dear Sam,
You are still little as I write this, and right now you are asleep down the hall with one sock on and your favorite stuffed bear tucked under your chin. Tomorrow is your birthday, and I wanted to write you a letter you can read when you are older.
I want you to know what you are like right now. You sing to yourself while you play. You ask why the sky is blue, and then why again, and again. You give your friend the bigger cookie when you think nobody is watching. You are curious, gentle and wonderfully loud.
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You are still little as I write this, and right now you are asleep down the hall with one sock on and your favorite stuffed bear tucked under your chin. Tomorrow is your birthday, and I wanted to write you a letter you can read when you are older. I want you to know what you are like right now. You sing to yourself while you play. You ask why the sky is blue, and then why again, and again. You give your friend the bigger cookie when you think nobody is watching. You are curious, gentle and wonderfully loud. As you grow, the world will try to tell you who to be. Some of that advice will be good, and some of it will not. When you are unsure, come back to this letter and remember the boy who sang to himself and shared his cookies. He was already someone worth being. I love you more than you can understand yet. Happy birthday, my sweet boy. I cannot wait to see who you become, and I will be cheering for you every step of the way. All my love, now and always,
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