During the Los Angeles fires, I had minutes to pack my emergency bag. I took the few photos I have of my birth mother.
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"Like all Angelenos, I've spent the last few days scared and anxious, checking in with friends and watching communities and beloved institutions burn to the ground."
"My birth mother and I never met, but I needed her in this emergency... Slowly, meticulously, I took out photograph after photograph - aged and loved - and contemplated the face, expression, and fabulous style of my first mother."
"I took the photos of Gloria with me, not fully knowing how much I valued them... and hugged my daughter. We were ready. We were safe. And my first mother was with me - like she always is."
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