The Tears Between Us - Devan Sandiford

“I'm afraid to talk to my mom on this particular night in my apartment, because I know the conversation, I have to have with her is not going to bring any peace.”

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The Tears Between Us

by Devan Sandiford

Devan Sandiford finds the courage to talk to his mother about the family's past.

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Devan as a baby (left, in yellow) and his uncle, Ronald Edwards (far right).

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Devan's family. Uncle Ron is in the black shirt and glasses. Devan's mother is in the red dress.

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Uncle Ron in the mid-1980s when he lived with Devan and his family.

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Uncle Ron at Christmas.