The gravity of dropping mementos was not misplaced on John Mayer, who took to Instagram on Thursday to share an eloquent assertion in regards to the significance keepsakes play in our lives.
John, who made it clear that he and his Los Angeles residence are secure from the fires, shared a photograph of a folder. The folder, he mentioned, held footage that he has collected of his father. John shared in October 2023 that his dad was celebrating his 96th birthday that yr.
“That is probably the most worthwhile factor I personal,” he wrote, noting the images spanned his father’s life from infancy to maturity. “It is the one proof of his life that may exist over time.”
He then turned his consideration to the fires and the objects folks misplaced in them. “These are the ‘paperwork’ you examine folks taking from their houses,” he wrote. “If you hear somebody say they’ve misplaced all the pieces in a fireplace, that is a lot of that all the pieces, if not all of it. Those that say they’re going to be okay nonetheless have their folders and their albums. Those that are inconsolable have misplaced them.”
“Simply behind the immeasurable lack of life is the lack of the proof of life,” he continued.
The singer famous he doesn’t pray however would accomplish that that night for individuals who’ve misplaced their beloved keepsakes. He mentioned that dropping one’s residence is not about “artwork” or “collectibles” which have been destroyed. It is in regards to the private objects that join us to the issues and folks we love.
“It is the images, the letters, the category rings, the eyeglasses and the issues we preserve to remind us that these we liked have been right here,” he wrote. “Might those that have misplaced a lot discover some semblance of hope and help from their household and buddies.”
John ended his put up by encouraging folks to safeguard each other.
“Keep secure, look out for your self and for each other, and belief that humanity and all it entails, although generally exhausting to see, is alive and effectively. That is really devastating,” he mentioned.
She thanked him for “placing this into perspective” and famous that mementos have been a few of the first issues she packed in her evacuation package, together with “Bob’s glasses, a variety of his garments and private results that I do know are fully irreplaceable.”
Andy Cohen, a detailed pal of John’s, additionally commented. “Superbly mentioned. we’re all with a lump in our coronary heart for buddies and strangers coping with immeasurable loss,” he wrote.
Questlove famous his mother’s aspect of his household misplaced their “total historical past.” He encourages folks to “seize the mementos” as a result of “that feeling of incompleteness sometimes reveals its head.”
Singer JP Saxe praised John’s put up as a “stunning sentiment and stunningly written.”
Lastly, singer Paul Klein, a member of the band LANY, mentioned he grabbed a guitar John gave him when packing up. “I had 3 minutes to get out final evening. i grabbed my secure and the guitar u gave me ðŸ˜,” he wrote.
You may view John’s full Instagram put up right here and sources to assist folks impacted by the Los Angeles fires right here.
