Le righe
- Congratulations on the house. Nothing here needs a wall or a shelf.
- For the week before you find a grocery store you like.
- You said no gifts. This is food, which doesn't count.
- New house, same people. Glad you're ten minutes closer.
- Don't put this out at the party. It's for the two of you on Sunday.
- First place with a second bedroom. That's a real milestone.
- May the boiler hold and the neighbors be dull.
- Congratulations. Take your time unpacking — nobody's inspecting.
- Thirty years of mortgage and it's still worth it. Congratulations.
- For the counter, until you decide where the counter things go.
- Welcome home. Send the address when you're ready for visitors.
- Bought a house at 29. Show-off.
If you only remember one thing
Short and specific beats long and general. “I still think about you driving me to the airport at five in the morning” does more work than three sentences of sympathy, because only you could have written it.