Wishes for Life Events: New Home, Job, Baby and More

A new job, the keys to a new flat, an engagement or a new baby — life’s biggest events do not follow a calendar, but they need special words. This collection brings together our articles with wishes for personal milestones: family, career and big purchases.

More on this topic: birthday wishes, wedding wishes, holiday calendar.

Family occasions

• Family occasions are the most emotional, so the wishes are the most heartfelt: love, patience and happiness for a new family or a baby.
• A couple just got engaged — Engagement Wishes will help you share their joy.
• For the church sacrament — Church Wedding Wishes with blessings.
• Unmarried couples celebrate too — Relationship Anniversary Wishes suit one, two or five years together.
• Wedding texts, toasts and anniversaries are in a separate hub — wedding wishes.
• When the family grows — New Baby Wishes: short, for the parents and for Mum.
• For a baby girl — Congratulations on Your Baby Girl, and for a baby boy — Congratulations on Your Baby Boy.
• For new grandparents — Congratulations to New Grandparents.
• And when the baby is christened, you will need Christening Wishes.

Work and career

• Career milestones deserve attention at work too: a colleague who got promoted or launched a business will appreciate the team’s support.
• A new job or promotion — New Job and Promotion Wishes.
• For military and law enforcement — Promotion in Rank Congratulations.
• For entrepreneurs — New Business Congratulations wishing profit and loyal customers.
• The end of a career is a celebration too: Retirement Wishes.
• For a colleague going on maternity leave — Maternity Leave Wishes.

Home, car and other big steps

• A big purchase is the result of hard work, so mention the effort and wish that the new thing serves well for years.
• A new home — Housewarming Wishes wishing comfort and hospitality.
• A new car — New Car Wishes, and if someone has just passed their test — Passing Driving Test Congratulations.
• Academic milestones — University Admission Congratulations and Thesis Defence Congratulations.

Universal verses for a happy occasion

Congratulations on this happy day!
May it light up your future way,
May every step that lies ahead
Bring joy and blessings, as I said!

Flowers for personal occasions

White and soft pink roses suit an engagement, boxed flowers or a basket suit a housewarming, light pastel bouquets without a strong scent suit a new mum, and a restrained mono-bouquet suits a promoted colleague. You can add a card with your wish to the order.

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See flowers for mum and flowers for women.

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FAQ

What to write for a housewarming?

Wish them a cosy, welcoming home that is always warm and cheerful.

How to congratulate a colleague on a promotion?

Keep it short: recognise their achievements, wish success in the new role and add a bouquet from the team.

Which flowers suit a new mum?

Soft pastel bouquets without a strong scent — roses, hydrangeas, lisianthus.

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Author: Maria Svitlovir

Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.