Sam & Priya's wedding
2:00pm · Sussex
Birthday
It's Dad's birthday today — he turns 64.
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turns 64
Birthday
Ages, worked out from the birth year. Without a year: “Birthday · every year”.
25th · Silver
Anniversary
Paper, wood, crystal, silver, golden, diamond — the traditional gift comes with the year.
7 years without
Remembrance
Quieter language, and the number can be hidden entirely.
3 years strong
Streak
Sober since, running since, quit since — with the running day count, not just the years.
✦ Milestones
The years people actually mark get an earlier nudge.
Every decade, plus 1, 13, 16, 18, 21 and 65 for birthdays. The 1st and then every five years for anniversaries. A month's warning instead of a week.
18th
21st
30th
Silver · 25th
Ruby · 40th
65th
Golden · 50th
Diamond · 60th
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On this day
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“Islington Town Hall, 11am, eight of us.”
2016 · the day itself
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Year-by-year history
Notes that repeat
A few days either side
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Your words
Call them what you call them
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Quietly
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One note, every year after
“Make the lemon cake. Ring Mum in the morning, not the evening.” Written once, there whenever the date comes round.
Remembrance
Remembering Grandma Rose today.
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