A group card

A finished card

Maya's birthday card

Six people got the link. Each wrote her a message. She reads them one at a time.

tbf, For Maya. Birthday
A homemade cake with one candle. Happy birthday.

  1. you still ring me on the way home from every interview, and you have since we were nineteen.

    From Jess

  2. you taught me to make bread in your kitchen and then let me take the credit at Christmas.

    From Dad

  3. you are the only person who has ever remembered my dog's birthday.

    From Tom

  4. you drove to Leeds and back in a day because I said I was fine and you did not believe me.

    From Hannah

  5. you always order the thing nobody else will and then pass it round.

    From Mum

  6. you kept every card I made you at school. I found the box.

    From Ellie

Maya and her six are made up.

The question

Each writer gets a question.

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

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

Or write without one.

Create a card

Everyone's words in one card.