Birthday Wishes for a Daughter

From a parent

1. 1 Happy birthday. You are the most interesting person in this family and everyone knows it.
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2. 2 Another year of you making the rest of us look badly organised. Happy birthday.
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3. 3 Happy birthday. I am proud of you in a way I find genuinely hard to say out loud.
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4. 4 You have your grandmother’s stubbornness and it has served you very well. Happy birthday.
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5. 5 Have a wonderful day. You deserve every bit of the fuss.
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From a mother

1. 6 Happy birthday to the person who made me a mother and then taught me how.
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2. 7 You are braver than I was at your age and I notice it every single time.
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3. 8 Happy birthday. I like you as well as love you, which I know is not a given.
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4. 9 Another year of being your mother and still the best job I have had.
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From a father

1. 10 Happy birthday. I have been proud of you since about four days in.
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2. 11 Happy birthday. You do not need me for much any more and I am glad, mostly.
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3. 12 Have a brilliant day. You have always known exactly what you wanted and it is working.
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To a young daughter

1. 13 Happy birthday to the funniest six-year-old in this house.
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2. 14 Happy birthday. You have asked eleven thousand questions this year and I have loved almost all of them.
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3. 15 Happy birthday, love. Have the best day.
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To a grown daughter

1. 16 Happy birthday. Watching you build a life of your own has been extraordinary.
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2. 17 You have made a home that people want to be in. That is not a small thing.
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3. 18 Happy birthday. Still here, still on your side, still available at any hour.
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When she is far away

1. 19 Happy birthday. The kitchen is far too quiet without you arguing in it.
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2. 20 Happy birthday from a long way away. Come home when you can.
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3. 21 Missing you today more than usual. Happy birthday.
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Funny

1. 22 Happy birthday. You are legally an adult and it has changed nothing.
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2. 23 Another year of you being right about everything. Exhausting. Happy birthday.
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3. 24 Happy birthday. Your room is now a study. Sorry.
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If she has had a hard year

1. 25 Happy birthday. This has been a hard year and you have handled it better than most people would.
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2. 26 Wishing you a much gentler year. Whatever it looks like, I am in it with you.
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3. 27 Happy birthday. No performance required today.
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To a daughter-in-law or a stepdaughter

1. 28 Happy birthday. We did not get to raise you and we consider ourselves lucky anyway.
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2. 29 Happy birthday. You have made him happier than we have ever seen him.
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3. 30 Happy birthday to the best thing to arrive in this family in years.
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By age

1. 31 Young child: name one thing she did this year that made you proud or made you laugh.
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2. 32 Teenager: write to the adult she is becoming, not the child she was.
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3. 33 Twenties: no questions about relationships, weddings or plans. None.
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4. 34 Thirties and beyond: about what she has built and how she treats people.
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5. 35 At every age: avoid appearance entirely. It is the least interesting true thing about her.
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From a stepparent

1. 36 Happy birthday. I did not get to raise you and I count myself lucky anyway.
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2. 37 Happy birthday. I am not replacing anyone. I am just one more person on your side.
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3. 38 Happy birthday. Glad you are in my life.
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If the relationship is strained

1. 39 Happy birthday. Thinking of you today.
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2. 40 Happy birthday. Whatever else, I am still here and I still care how you are.
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3. 41 Happy birthday. I hope this year is a good one.
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For a daughter who is now a mother

1. 42 Happy birthday. Watching you be a mother has been the most extraordinary thing to witness.
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2. 43 Happy birthday. You are doing it better than I did and I could not be more pleased.
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3. 44 Happy birthday. Take the day off from all of them — I will handle it.
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Short lines

1. 45 Happy birthday, love.
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2. 46 So proud of you. Happy birthday.
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3. 47 Best thing we ever did. Happy birthday.
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4. 48 Happy birthday. Have a wonderful day.
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