Birthday letter for your wife

Dear Mama,

This is the first birthday I get to wish you as the mother of our child, and I have been thinking for weeks about how to put it into words.

I have watched you change this year, and I do not mean the sleepless nights, although there have been plenty. I mean the way you have grown into something fierce and tender at the same time. You know every cry. You remember every feeding time. You sing to our baby in a voice I have never heard before, a voice that sounds like pure love, and every time I hear it I fall for you again.

I know some days feel like too much. I know you sometimes miss the old you, the one who slept in and finished her coffee while it was hot. She is still here, and I see her. I love her. I also love the mother you have become, and I want you to know you are doing beautifully.

S Sam

Dear Mama, This is the first birthday I get to wish you as the mother of our child, and I have been thinking for weeks about how to put it into words. I have watched you change this year, and I do not mean the sleepless nights, although there have been plenty. I mean the way you have grown into something fierce and tender at the same time. You know every cry. You remember every feeding time. You sing to our baby in a voice I have never heard before, a voice that sounds like pure love, and every time I hear it I fall for you again. I know some days feel like too much. I know you sometimes miss the old you, the one who slept in and finished her coffee while it was hot. She is still here, and I see her. I love her. I also love the mother you have become, and I want you to know you are doing beautifully. Today, please rest. Let me hold the baby, let your friends spoil you and let yourself be celebrated. You carried our family into a new life this year. Now let us carry you for a while. All my love, always,

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Dear Mama,

to Sam

S Sam

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🎉 Dear Mama, This is the first birthday I get to wish you as the mother of our child, and I have been thinking for weeks about how to put it into words. I have watched you change this year, and I do not mean the sleepless nights, although there have been plenty. I mean the way you have grown into something fierce and tender at the same time. You know every cry. You remember every feeding time. You sing to our baby in a voice I have never heard before, a voice that sounds like pure love, and every time I hear it I fall for you again. I know some days feel like too much. I know you sometimes miss the old you, the one who slept in and finished her coffee while it was hot. She is still here, and I see her. I love her. I also love the mother you have become, and I want you to know you are doing beautifully. Today, please rest. Let me hold the baby, let your friends spoil you and let yourself be celebrated. You carried our family into a new life this year. Now let us carry you for a while. All my love, always,

Letter · for your wife

Birthday · Letter · 206 words · for a card, email or keepsake

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Dear Mama,
This is the first birthday I get to wish you as the mother of our child, and I have been thinking for weeks about how to put it into words.
I have watched you change this year, and I do not mean the sleepless nights, although there have been plenty. I mean the way you have grown into something fierce and tender at the same time. You know every cry. You remember every feeding time. You sing to our baby in a voice I have never heard before, a voice that sounds like pure love, and every time I hear it I fall for you again.
I know some days feel like too much. I know you sometimes miss the old you, the one who slept in and finished her coffee while it was hot. She is still here, and I see her. I love her. I also love the mother you have become, and I want you to know you are doing beautifully.
Today, please rest. Let me hold the baby, let your friends spoil you and let yourself be celebrated. You carried our family into a new life this year. Now let us carry you for a while.
All my love, always,

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