Sara Bareilles Instagram – I can’t stop thinking about yesterday. It was a miracle. Like our friend. It was freezing outside and people stood in line for hours. For our friend. Over 8,000 people tuned in and sent 40,000 message of love and appreciation. For our friend. It was tidal waves of grief and love crashing into one another (or aren’t they really just the same emotion) and people stepped up on stage one after another, tears streaming down their face, and opened their hearts and their songbird selves and they shared stories and dance and song that changed the cells in my body. For our friend. We watched heartbreakingly beautiful videos of him while he was still vibrating with possibility – doing what he loved – bouncing off the walls and using his time to change what he could for the better and be a joyful, kind, loyal teacher, artist, uncle, lover, friend. We spoke of his darkness. That essential, holy part of him he was brave enough to share. We talked of what he left behind. The legacy of love. And it was everywhere yesterday. His life and the people he impacted and their love for him wafting through the room- so palpable you could almost touch it with your hand. Almost.
The ache is so real but the connection is more real. And I am so grateful for the healing I received in communion with our beautiful community, in our temple, in his honor. Thank you to everyone who said yes.
He had a sign on his piano that said just that.
“It all starts with Yes.”
And it all ends with Thank You.
So …Thank you.
❤️ | Posted on 04/Dec/2024 08:51:04
