How to greet happy birthday.
What to write.

Who they are to you Anybody A friend Family A partner A colleague

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.