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Gracias Yoli! Ese sweat shirt lo compre yo en el thrift shop de la escuela St. Patrick's, en Sacramento donde vivi mis primeros 6 meses despues de llegar de Cuba. Pero no lo compre hasta 1999 cuando volvi de visita con mi esposo. -Mary

Message by Maria Petronila Hernandez Mills | Mar 17th 2010

Yoli, gracias por poner tu ladrillo en el puente que va a sacar a los Castro y sus gangsters del poder. Un abrazo PP, Marcos

Message by Marcos F. Pinedo | Mar 14th 2010

Yolanda, yours is a very intriguing, sad, happy, and inspiring story, all in one. Thank you for your kind words about my own story. Also, for the compliment about my Spanish. I was lucky to go to a nice school in Cuba, and later I tried to keep my native language in check. I asked my mother about someone by the name of Cardenas that at one time or another I had heard mentioned. But, it was not Conrado, it was Gonzalo de Cardenas. He was a salesman. My 84 year-old father has Alzheimer's, so I could not ask him at this time. Also, my father did not work in El Vedado until his company was confiscated and he was moved to that location. It is interesting and coincidental that the uncle (mentioned in my story) that took us in for a few days when we first arrived in the USA, move to near Columbia, SC (Ridge Spring) around 1970. He has lived there since. His wife passed away just last year. Best wishes. Carlos

Message by Carlos A Cruz Martinez | Mar 13th 2010

Yolanda has uploaded new photos.

Status update | Mar 13th 2010

Gracias mi hermanita, de verdad que Ramon sabia de verdad....ya todo muerto esta y yo ni le llamo el de vez en cuando y dandose cuenta que como yo hacia la madre no hay mejor..vistes??? Sabes algo del crucero???

Message by Ileana Arriola (Minico) | Mar 12th 2010