We all know that a birthday deserves a celebratory acknowledgement, but many folks have trouble figuring out what to write in a birthday card other than the obvious 'happy birthday' phrase.

(I’m not talking about those clip-art cards your grandma used to make for every birthday, either; you can see some I’ve made in my Etsy shop, The Sticker Bodega.) But what I didn’t know (yet ...

Then you grow up and "you have to make your [own] birthday happen." No matter how old you are, having a happy birthday is one of life's great pleasures, she says. You just need to figure out what ...