Religious birthday wishes have a way of offering meaningful sentiments that can be thought of as gifts in and of themselves. To start, there are numerous Bible verses that offer inspiration and joy.

Scattered among them are birthday cards that I bought in advance, forgot I had, and replaced with new ones. One that reads “Happy birthday to my grandson who is turning 10″ won’t do it now ...

My greeting card drawer contains note cards without matching envelopes, boxes of envelopes minus their cards, and postage stamps with no cash amount so I don’t know if they are 25-cent stamps ...