An Amazon registry/gift list has been established for Spiritbox bassist Josh Gilbert and his wife Stephanie after the couple lost their Altadena home and belongings in the Californian wildfires earlier this month. According to Stephanie, who shared the registry via her social media, the couple have just recently received approval for a new home this past Tuesday, January 21st, and are looking forward to rebuilding their life together.
Should you be interested in helping them get back on their feet once they move in, you can do so via Amazon. Josh himself spoke of the loss on social media on January 12th, stating:
“The last 4 days have been a roller coaster of emotions. On one hand, Stephanie and I have had to process what we lost. Our entire neighborhood of Altadena. Our house on Wapello St. Our car. Family photos. All the keepsakes we’ve accumulated together since we got married in 2013. 18 years of my tour laminates. Our clothes. Our furniture. Pretty much anything we hadn’t packed into the small suitcases we brought to Grand Cayman with us.
Shortly after dinner that night we saw that the fire had started in Eaton Canyon, and over the next hour it grew exponentially. It was absolutely crushing to watch from 2000 miles away via FaceTime as our guardian angel cat sitter @camillelenore and her partner Nilsen arrived at our house to the glow of flames over the tree line. As we watched her pack up Pennie and Slime’s food and litter in the pitch dark with a phone flashlight, our neighbor showed up at the door in a panic making sure the cats were safe and that they knew to get out ASAP. Needless to say, we got little to no sleep that night as we watched the fire creep further and further west, with no specific updates for about 12 hours except vague twitter comments and Reddit posts. As we landed in Charlotte on our first connection en route back to LA, we got confirmation from a neighbor that the house had indeed been totally lost, as well as every other house in our neighborhood, and most of the town itself. At this point, we were obviously devastated, but also so incredibly thankful that Camille had the cats. Everything else can be replaced. We were very lucky. There are many, many more in Altadena and other areas of LA that were not.
On the other hand, we have been absolutely overwhelmed with the outpouring of kindness, generosity, and love from our family and friends as we begin to put the pieces together from our hotel in Orange County. We feel so loved and supported through all this, and it has made it infinitely easier to prepare for what’s next. We have been left truly speechless. I’ve struggled to keep up with messages, texts, etc these last few days as we navigate the insurance process. But please know that we can’t put into words how thankful we are.”
