Le righe
- For you two, not the baby. The baby has enough.
- Congratulations. Eat this standing up at 3am, which is the intended use.
- No visit, no reply, no obligation.
- Welcome to the world, Nora.
- You both look tired and extremely happy in that photo.
- We're not coming over. Text me when you want people and I'll bring dinner and leave.
- Congratulations. I'm told the first six weeks are a rumor you'll barely remember.
- For whoever is doing your laundry this month.
- She's here and she's yours and that's the whole miracle.
- No advice in this card. You'll get plenty.
- Thinking of you both. Also of your mother, who is presumably in the kitchen.
- Second baby, half the cards. Congratulations anyway — this one counts too.
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.