#JustBe Magazine November 2015 | Page 20

REAL TALK

RealTalk

The Power of Imagination

A Story by Devon Wade

I GREW UP IN NORTH FOREST—A SMALL,
POOR COMMUNITY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
MANY FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOST
SEVERAL RELATIVES TO THE PRISON SYSTEM.

I LOST MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
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