Maternity leave card.
What to write.

Go and have a baby. We will keep your chair warm.

Enjoy the leave. The inbox will still be here, and so will we.

See you on the other side of the sleepless bit.

Rest first, then everything else. Congratulations from all of us.

You have earned every minute of this. Off you go.

The desk is yours whenever you want it back. No hurry.

I will miss your face at the ten o'clock meeting and the biscuits you kept in the second drawer. Have a wonderful leave.

Nobody else laughs at my spreadsheets. Come back when you are ready and not a day before.

You covered for me twice this year without being asked. Let us cover for you now.

The kitchen rota will fall apart without you. That is the only complaint.

Six months of no standups. I am jealous and delighted for you in equal parts.

Send a photo when you can, and ignore the group chat until then.

Thank you for handing over so carefully. The team is in good shape because of you.

Your job is here and it is yours. Take the time you are owed and do not check email.

You ran the hardest quarter we have had and then packed a hospital bag. Go and rest.

We will send the big news round when you say we can, and not before.

The work will keep. The baby will not. See you when you are back.

I have watched you plan this for months. Now let the plan look after you for a bit.

Ring me at three in the morning if you need to. I mean it.

You are going to be very good at this, and very tired. Both are fine.

Lunch is on me the first week you feel like leaving the house.

We have a drawer of your snacks and a chair by the window ready for the first visit.

You have done this before, which means you know to sleep now while you can.

Two under three. We are impressed, slightly frightened for you, and here if you need us.

The first one already runs the house. Good luck to the new one.

Same team, one more player. Enjoy the leave.