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Emily Hartwell

Holidays & Celebrations

Emily covers anniversaries, birthdays, holidays — the calendar stuff. She has signed somewhere north of two hundred cards as her office's designated card-passer-arounder, and she still hasn't found a way to say goodbye to a coworker that doesn't feel slightly weird.

Posts by Emily Hartwell

48 Anniversary Messages for Friends (Roast + Real)

48 anniversary messages for friends: heartfelt, light-roast, short for a friend-circle card, milestone, still-choosing, and warm-funny lines.

When Is Boss's Day, and What Do You Write?

Boss's Day is October 16. Here's the weekend-date rule, where the day came from, and what to write in a card for a boss without it feeling forced.

44 Condolence Messages for the Loss of a Pet

44 condolence messages for the loss of a pet - short sincere lines, longer ones for a close friend, ones that name the pet, and what to say to a grieving kid.

38 Congrats on Your Achievement Messages

38 congratulations on achievement messages for an award won, an exam passed, a personal goal hit. Name the thing instead of saying 'so proud.'

48 Congrats on Your Engagement Messages

48 engagement congratulations — close-friend, family, the couple you know well, the partner you've barely met, long heartfelt, short card lines, what to skip.

72 Farewell Messages for a Boss Leaving

72 farewell messages for a boss leaving — heartfelt, short, team-wide, for the manager you didn't always agree with, and ones for retirement vs new role.

Get Well Soon Messages for a Coworker (Without Pressure)

Get well soon messages for a coworker that take pressure off, not on. Workplace-safe lines for any closeness level, plus what to skip on a team card.

79 Happy Birthday Wishes for Grandma (That Sound Like You)

79 birthday wishes for grandma — heartfelt, short, funny, from a young or grown grandchild, milestone birthdays, and one card from all the grandkids.

47 Holiday Card Messages for Every Tradition

47 holiday card messages by tradition, for the colleague, the family, and the friend having a hard year. Inclusive greetings, real lines.

How to Make an Online Birthday Card (Honest Guide)

How to make an online birthday card without fighting the design tool. Five steps, the AI cover step competitors cannot offer, and what to skip.

How to Send an Ecard With a Gift Card (Honest Guide)

How to send an ecard with a gift card attached. Picks, amounts, currencies, and the second-tab problem that ruins most of these. From someone who sends a lot.

88 Milestone Birthday Messages (30 to 100)

88 milestone birthday messages for 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100, written for the actual life stage, plus golden-birthday lines and funny lines.

Religious & Non-Religious Condolence Messages

Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and secular condolence wording, and what to write when you don't know the family's beliefs. Match their register, not yours.

47 Retirement Wishes for Your Boss (Real Ones)

47 retirement wishes for your boss — career-arc gratitude, respectful-but-honest lines, short ones for a dept-signed card, and no-more-Monday-meetings jokes.

32 Sympathy Messages for Your Boss

32 sympathy messages for your boss — shortest professional lines, warmer notes for one you know well, team-from-direct-reports lines, and clichés to retire.

47 Teacher Appreciation Messages That Actually Land

47 teacher appreciation messages parents and students actually use, for the first week of May, end-of-year, and the staff who never get a card.

43 Thank-You Messages for a Mentor (Name the Lesson)

43 thank-you messages for a mentor — lesson-specific lines, time-they-gave-you thanks, hard-truth thanks, the introduction, plus what not to write.

54 Thank-You Messages for a Coworker

54 thank-you messages for a coworker — specific lines for an on-call swap, a 'one quick question' answerer, after a launch, plus what to skip.

What to Write in a Retirement Card (78 Lines)

The career-arc formula for a retirement card — name a specific contribution, acknowledge what they're moving toward, open the door — plus 78 example lines.

What to Write in an Anniversary Card (74 Lines)

The anniversary-card formula — name a specific moment, wish for what's ahead, close warmly — plus 74 lines by milestone, for your partner, parents, friends.

57 Work Anniversary Messages for Coworker

57 work anniversary messages for a coworker — sorted by closeness, with milestone callouts for 1, 5 and 10 years, plus short team-card lines.

44 Work Anniversary Messages for Manager

44 work anniversary messages for your direct manager — by what they actually did this year, 1/5/10-year milestones, short team-card lines, and funny ones.

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