# @julien.salomoni on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpF_cnx5dW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61795244-juliensalomoni-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/393445c99f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-14T17:28:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julien Salomoni (@julien.salomoni) — https://gondola.cc/julien.salomoni

## Caption

☀️🌞😎 My 37th spin around the Sun 😎🌞☀️
...and no, I still haven’t figured out if I’m dancing through the universe
or just tripping gracefully with style 😅✨

I was born on a Friday the 13th —
which explains a lot (the drama, the mood swings, the deep philosophical monologues in cafés).
But honestly, it’s kinda iconic. 💅🔮

This year, I didn’t want to post a cake or a selfie.
I just wanted to say thank you.
Not for the likes.
Not even for the birthday wishes (though they were cute).
But for the real stuff.
The stuff that stays —
like a message from my mom at 7am.
Or a random hug that landed right on time.
Or a stranger’s smile that felt like home.

I don’t celebrate my birthday for me.
I celebrate it for the woman who made it possible.
So yeah, this one’s for you, Mom.
You’ve orbited the storms with me,
and lit the way even when I couldn’t see my own feet.

Here’s to the next trip around the star,
a little weirder,
a little wiser,
a little more me than ever.

Grateful for the light,
grateful for the shadow,
grateful for all of you.
Let’s keep spinning. 
♥️🙏🏻✨🌸🤌🏻

#vancouver #canada #france🇫🇷 #paris #37 #thankyou #thankyoumomanddad #orbitingwithlove #borntofeel #gratitude #gratitudeisthebestattitude #gratitudeistheattitude #jamesblake jamesblake 
📽️ Video: written, directed and dreamed by me.
Voice by me.
Heart? Also me.
Music: James Blake – Retrograde (because obviously).

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- **Views:** 33
- **Likes:** 50
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- **Comments:** 24

## Tags

paris, jamesblake, orbitingwithlove, borntofeel, gratitudeistheattitude, thankyoumomanddad, thankyou, gratitudeisthebestattitude, france, 37, canada, vancouver, gratitude

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