SEPTEMBER 14

Happy Birthday, Juliet.

I couldn't be in Budapest with you today, so I made a little corner of the internet just for you.

FIRST, THIS IS FOR YOU

Before everybody else starts calling you...

I wanted a few minutes of your birthday for myself.

A FEW THINGS I HOPE YOU KNOW

There are so many things I admire about you.

As you scroll, each reflection glides its memories into view. Click or tap any photo or video to view full size.

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Your resilience

I've watched things not go according to plan, watched you have to adjust, start again and figure things out far away from what was familiar. What I admire isn't that nothing gets to you. It's that somehow, you keep finding your way forward.
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Your ambition

You have never been very good at settling. 😂 You are always thinking about what could be better, what comes next and what more you're capable of. Sometimes I think you underestimate just how much that hunger has already changed your life.
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Your heart

Behind all the seriousness, planning and worrying is someone with an incredibly soft heart. It's one of those parts of you that doesn't always announce itself, but I've seen it enough times to know it's there.
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The way you keep growing

I've known more than one version of you, and that's something I love. You change your mind, learn, become more certain about some things and less certain about others. You're still becoming, and I hope you never stop.
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The way you choose yourself

Moving countries, building a career away from home, putting yourself forward for opportunities that could completely change your life... those decisions require more than courage. They require believing that there might be something bigger waiting for you, and being willing to go find out.
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Just you

This one doesn't need a career milestone, another country, an interview, a qualification or an accomplishment attached to it. There are things about you I admire simply because they're yours. And sometimes, Juliet, that's enough.
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US, THROUGH THE YEARS

Some things I never want to forget.

A few moments frozen in time.

Juliet special memory 01

Moments with you

A moment I'll always cherish.

Juliet special memory 02

Favorite memories

One of my absolute favourite pictures of you.

Juliet special memory 03

Timeless

Always bringing light everywhere you go.

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In motion

Just being you.

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My favorite

This one is the memory I love the most. ❤️

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Pure joy

I still smile whenever I see this. 😂

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Our house in Canada 🇨🇦

Reserved for the keys to our first front door in Canada. Still loading...

Next Chapter • Canada

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Our house in Canada 🇨🇦

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Your first day in the office in Canada 🇨🇦

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Next Chapter • Career

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Your first day in the office in Canada 🇨🇦

AND THEN THERE'S TOMORROW.

A new year of your life. And perhaps the beginning of a new chapter too.

You're walking into another year of your life on the same day you're taking another step toward something you've worked incredibly hard for.

Whatever happens with Canada, Hungary, work or everything else you're figuring out, I hope you remember how far you've already come.

I'm rooting for you. Always.

Now go and destroy that interview. 😂❤️

ONE LAST THING

Juliet,

Birthdays have a strange way of making us look at time.

At everything that has happened, everything that hasn't happened yet, and all the versions of ourselves we had to become along the way.

I've watched you navigate more change than most people would willingly choose for themselves, and somehow you keep moving.

I hope this next year is softer with you.

I hope it brings you opportunities worthy of the work you've put in.

I hope you laugh a lot.

I hope you worry less.

I hope there are more wins than disappointments.

And I hope, in the middle of everything you're trying to become, you never forget to appreciate the woman you already are.

Happy birthday, Juliet.

I'm incredibly proud of you.

With all my love,

Michael ❤️

About your present...

Your present is late.

Not cancelled. ❤️

There are things I want to do for you when I'm in a better position to do them properly. I don't want to substitute something rushed just because today happens to be your birthday.

For now, I wanted to give you something nobody else could buy for you.

September 14

Happy Birthday, Juliet. ❤️

Here's to everything waiting for you on the other side of 2026.