Birthday letter for your wife

Dear love,

Happy birthday. Before the cake and the candles and the chaos of the day, I wanted to sit down and write to you, because there are things I think about all the time and almost never say.

I think about our first home, the one with the leaky faucet and the neighbor who played drums. We ate dinner on the floor because we could not afford a table yet, and I remember thinking I had never been so happy. I still feel that way, only now there is a table, and it is crowded with the people and memories we made together.

Everything we have, we built side by side. The savings that took years, the garden you planted, the traditions our family will carry forward long after we are gone. You were the architect of so much of it, even when you let me think it was my idea.

S Sam

Dear love, Happy birthday. Before the cake and the candles and the chaos of the day, I wanted to sit down and write to you, because there are things I think about all the time and almost never say. I think about our first home, the one with the leaky faucet and the neighbor who played drums. We ate dinner on the floor because we could not afford a table yet, and I remember thinking I had never been so happy. I still feel that way, only now there is a table, and it is crowded with the people and memories we made together. Everything we have, we built side by side. The savings that took years, the garden you planted, the traditions our family will carry forward long after we are gone. You were the architect of so much of it, even when you let me think it was my idea. I hope you feel proud today. Not just of what you have done, but of who you are: steady, generous, funny and endlessly brave. I am proud of you every single day. Here is to the next chapter, and all the ones after that. With all my love,

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Dear love,

to Sam

S Sam

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🎉 Dear love, Happy birthday. Before the cake and the candles and the chaos of the day, I wanted to sit down and write to you, because there are things I think about all the time and almost never say. I think about our first home, the one with the leaky faucet and the neighbor who played drums. We ate dinner on the floor because we could not afford a table yet, and I remember thinking I had never been so happy. I still feel that way, only now there is a table, and it is crowded with the people and memories we made together. Everything we have, we built side by side. The savings that took years, the garden you planted, the traditions our family will carry forward long after we are gone. You were the architect of so much of it, even when you let me think it was my idea. I hope you feel proud today. Not just of what you have done, but of who you are: steady, generous, funny and endlessly brave. I am proud of you every single day. Here is to the next chapter, and all the ones after that. With all my love,

Letter · for your wife

Birthday · Letter · 200 words · for a card, email or keepsake

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Dear love,
Happy birthday. Before the cake and the candles and the chaos of the day, I wanted to sit down and write to you, because there are things I think about all the time and almost never say.
I think about our first home, the one with the leaky faucet and the neighbor who played drums. We ate dinner on the floor because we could not afford a table yet, and I remember thinking I had never been so happy. I still feel that way, only now there is a table, and it is crowded with the people and memories we made together.
Everything we have, we built side by side. The savings that took years, the garden you planted, the traditions our family will carry forward long after we are gone. You were the architect of so much of it, even when you let me think it was my idea.
I hope you feel proud today. Not just of what you have done, but of who you are: steady, generous, funny and endlessly brave. I am proud of you every single day.
Here is to the next chapter, and all the ones after that.
With all my love,

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