The gravity of shedding mementos was not misplaced on John Mayer, who took to Instagram on Thursday to share an eloquent assertion concerning the significance keepsakes play in our lives.
John, who made it clear that he and his Los Angeles house are protected from the fires, shared a photograph of a folder. The folder, he mentioned, held photos that he has collected of his father. John shared in October 2023 that his dad was celebrating his 96th birthday that yr.
“That is essentially the most priceless factor I personal,” he wrote, noting the pictures spanned his father’s life from infancy to maturity. “It is the one proof of his life that can 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. “Whenever you hear somebody say they’ve misplaced all the things in a fireplace, that is a lot of that all the things, 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 achieve this that night for individuals who’ve misplaced their beloved keepsakes. He mentioned that shedding one’s house is not about “artwork” or “collectibles” which have been destroyed. It is concerning the private objects that join us to the issues and folks we love.
“It is the pictures, the letters, the category rings, the eyeglasses and the issues we maintain to remind us that these we beloved had 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 protected, look out for your self and for each other, and belief that humanity and all it entails, although generally arduous to see, is alive and nicely. That is actually devastating,” he mentioned.
She thanked him for “placing this into perspective” and famous that mementos had been a few of the first issues she packed in her evacuation equipment, together with “Bob’s glasses, a number of his garments and private results that I do know are utterly irreplaceable.”
Andy Cohen, an in depth good friend of John’s, additionally commented. “Fantastically 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 facet of his household misplaced their “whole historical past.” He encourages folks to “seize the mementos” as a result of “that feeling of incompleteness often reveals its head.”
Singer JP Saxe praised John’s put up as a “lovely 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 protected and the guitar u gave me 😭,” he wrote.
You possibly can view John’s full Instagram put up right here and sources to assist folks impacted by the Los Angeles fires right here.
