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Birthday card
for mum.

This is a group birthday card for mum. Everyone in the family signs it from a link, and she opens it on her birthday morning.

A few messages below show what people write in a birthday card for mum. For everything to write in full, see What to write in a birthday card for mum.

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Everyone's words in one card.

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A family holding hands. Hand in hand, same as always. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday, Mum. Everything good in this house started with you.

From Dev

Happy birthday. Still the best company in the room.

From Ellen

Happy birthday from all of us. We pooled the card. The love is real.

From Ben

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  • Dinner together. Table for two, cake for one. The birthday rules.
  • Blowing out the candles. Small hands on a big cake. Happy birthday.
  • Lino-cut lettering in a printed band. Happy birthday. Tea's on me.
  • A roast potato. Happy birthday. Have the last roast potato.
  • Cutpaper birthday card. Happy birthday.
  • A party hat. Happy birthday. The hat is not optional.
  • A cupcake and the words one, two, twenty, forty. Happy birthday. We counted the candles. We ran out.
  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. Happy birthday. You still can't fold a fitted sheet and that's fine.
  • Tasting the wine. The good bottle. Saved for tonight, for you.
  • Tasting the wine. We tasted six. We remember four. Happy birthday.
  • Half a biscuit over a mug of tea, the other half gone in, and the words one, two, three, four. Happy birthday. Try not to go soft.
  • A party with balloons. Hold a balloon. Hold a friend. Happy birthday.
  • At the barbecue. Extra for the birthday cook. Burnt bits included.
  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. Happy birthday. Stay exactly as you are. Maybe tidier.
  • Botanical birthday card. Happy birthday.
  • A birthday cake. We counted the candles. Then we stopped counting.
  • Two presents. One from us, one from the dog. Guess which.
  • Midcentury birthday card. Happy birthday.
  • A cake. Happy birthday. Second slice is allowed. Third is between you and the fridge.
  • A mug. Happy birthday to the one who knows how everyone takes their tea.
  • A homemade cake with one candle. Happy birthday.
  • A birthday present. Happy birthday. Open it before the tea cools.
  • Wrapping scraps after a party. Happy birthday.
  • A striped painted candle. Happy birthday.

The question

Each writer gets a question.

One at a time, about Sam. They answer in their own words, or write without one.

Who they are to you
  1. Something Sam did this year that you still think about.
  2. Words of Sam's that you have caught yourself using.
  3. A day Sam made better just by turning up.
  4. Something Sam taught you without meaning to.
  5. A small thing about Sam that nobody else would notice.
  6. The story about Sam you tell most.
  1. The moment you knew you had a proper friend in Sam.
  2. Something Sam did that only a friend would.
  3. A thing you still laugh about together.
  4. The time Sam turned up when it mattered.
  5. Something Sam knew about you before you said it.
  1. Something Sam did for the family that went unsaid.
  2. A habit of Sam's that you have caught yourself copying.
  3. A memory of Sam from when you were younger.
  4. Something Sam put up with from you.
  5. Something Sam taught you, mostly by example.
  1. A small thing Sam did that you noticed and never mentioned.
  2. The moment you knew.
  3. Something Sam did this year that made things easier for you.
  4. A thing about Sam you would not change.
  5. Something Sam carried that was yours to carry.
  1. The thing you go to Sam for.
  2. Something you picked up from working beside Sam.
  3. A bad day at work that Sam turned round.
  4. Something a new starter should be told about Sam.
  5. Something Sam did that made the job feel worth doing.

Or write without one.

What people write

A taste of the messages people add. Names go at the bottom of each one.

From the family

  • Happy birthday, Mum. Everything good in this house started with you.

  • Happy birthday from all of us. We pooled the card. The love is real.

  • Happy birthday, Mum. We are taking you out and you are not allowed to pay.

From a friend

  • Happy birthday. You deserve a day with nothing on the to-do list.

  • Many happy returns. Lunch is on me and I will not take no.

  • Happy birthday. Still the best company in the room.

A few things to skip

Do not fill the card with gratitude lists. One honest message beats five warm ones.

Do not mention her age unless she finds it funny. She knows how old she is.

Do not sign just your name and nothing else. Even a few words give her something to keep.

How to send it

One card, everyone signs it, she opens it on the day.

  1. 01

    Set her birthday.

    The card opens that morning. Not before, not after.

  2. 02

    Send the link to everyone.

    Siblings, the grandchildren, close friends. Each person signs once from their phone or browser.

  3. 03

    She reads it on her birthday.

    Every message signed with a name. She keeps it.

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Questions

What makes this birthday card for mum different?

Everyone who loves her signs the same card from their own phone. She gets one card with every name, not a pile of separate ones.

When should I set the card up?

A few days before gives everyone time to sign. The card waits until her birthday to open.

What if someone wants to add a message after the card has been sent?

Set the card up early and leave it open until the night before. That way nobody misses the chance to sign.

Somebody has a day coming up.

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Everyone's words in one card.