I don't get to stop serving snacks or breaking up sibling fights during a disaster. This is how we're surviving the stress of the LA fires.

My family and I in our lovely backyard in in LA in 2023. Now it — and everything around us — is covered in ash. We're happy to be safe, but this is still hard on our kids.

Courtesy of Lauren Quinn

• My family lives in Northeast LA, just outside of the evacuation zones for the raging LA fires.
• Our neighborhood is filled with smoke and everything is covered with ash. Schools are closed.
• Parents don't get to stop parenting during a disaster, but we're doing what we can to survive.