IRENE WAS BORN IN HAVANA CUBA ON AUGUST 13 1939. HER MOTHER WAS A BORN CUBAN, HER NAME WAS ROSA LOPEZ AND HER FATHER WAS A SPANISH IMMIGRANT HIS NAME WAS FRANCISCO NOVOA.
IRENE GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN LA SIERRA A SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF MARIANAO NEXT TO HAVANA.
SHE ATTENDED A CATHOLIC SCHOOL SINCE KINDERGARTEN,  UNTIL SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958. THE INMACULATE HEART OF MARY WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION.
MY NAME IS RAUL C. LOPEZ, I MEET IRENE EARLY 1957 AND IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, AND ON FEBRUARY 7 1959 WE WERE MARRIED IN HAVANA WHERE I LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WORK IN A JEWELRY STORE BELONGS TO OUR FAMILY. I WAS BORN IN HAVANA, BUT MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY, HE WAS TRANSFERED TO AN ILAND SOUTH OF CUBA WHERE THE BIG PRISON WAS.
I WAS BORN ON AUGUST 12 1939, ONE DAY OLDER THAN IRENE, AND I WAS TWO YEARS OLD WHEN WE MOVED TO ISLE OF PINES IN 1941 UNTIL WE MOVED BACK TO HAVANA IN
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MY DEAR WIFE IRENE DI'NT LIKE HER FIRST NAME AND SHE USED AURORA, I ALLWAYS CALLED HER CUQUI THAT WAS HER NICK NAME.9
IN MARCH 1960 OUR FIRST DOUGHTER WAS BORN FILLING OUR LIVES WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS. WAS A BEATIFUL GIRL BLOND WITH BLUE EYES LIKE THE SEA, WE WERE BLESSED BY THE LORD HAVING SUCH BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
ON NOVEMBER 21 1960 DUE TO THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CUBA I LEFT FOR CENTRAL AMERICA LEAVING MY LIFE BEHIND THAT WERE MY DEAR WIFE AND OUR LITTLE DOUGHTER HER NAME IS ROSA LIKE HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER WE CALLED HER ROSITA, LITTLE ROSE.
WITH THE COMUNISTS TAKING OVER OUR COUNTRY IT WAS LIKE LEAVE CUBA AND TRY TO SURVIVE   OR DIE IN FRONT OF A FIRING SQUAD. IT WAS'NT EASY FOR ME IN HONDURAS WHERE I WORKED IN A LUMBER MILL IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOUT 120 MILES FROM TEGUCIGALPA THE CAPITAL CITY AND I CONTRACTED MALARIA. IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I SURVIVED.
AT SAME TIME MY DEAR CUQUI, DESPITE HER PARENTS WERE HELPING HER, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR HER TO SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSING EVERYTHINGS THEY HAVE INCLUDING A DRY CLEANERS THAT TOOK MANY YEARS TO HER FATHER TO BUILT AND CASTRO TOOKED AWAY.
I WAS INVOLVED IN A WAY WITH THE BAY OF PIG INVASION AND AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE SAME, I WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE U.S. ON APRIL 19 1961. SOON AFTER I WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR MY WIFE AND DOUGHTER TO COME TO THE U.S. AND AFTER 11 AGONIZING MONTHS, THEY ARRIVED AT THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN A PAN AMERICAN FLIGHT FROM HAVANA. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL DAYS OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS ABLE TO HOOG MY WIFE AND DOUGHTER AGAIN, AND FROM THAT DAY WE WERE TOGETHER FOR MANY MANY YEARS' FREE LIKE OUR DEAR FRIENDS THE NORTH AMERICAN PEOPLE.
LIFE WENT ON AND IN 1962 OUR SON RAUL JR. WAS BORN IN MIAMI ALSO FILLING OUR HEARTS WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS. OUR FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CHILD, WE WERE SO PROUD.
ON DECEMBER1962 I VOLUNTIER TO THE U.S. ARMY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CUBA AND FIGHT AGAINST CASTRO AND THE COMUNISTS, BUT IT DID'NT HAPPENS, SO I BECAME A VIETNAM ERA VETERAN.
WHILE I WAS IN THE SERVICE I TOOK MY WIFE AND KIDS TO COLOMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA TO LIVE THERE SINCE I WAS STATION IN FORT JACKSON NEXT TO THAT CITY. WHEN I FINISHED MY TRAINNING, I DECIDED TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AND GAVE UP MY MILITARY CARRIER, AND WE WENT BACK TO MIAMI TO CONTINUE OURS LIVES.
MY DEAR CUQUI AND I HAD THE OPORTUNITY TO BE RE EDUCATED, SHE BECAME A COMPUTER EXPERT AND I BECAME A FIBERGLASS BOAT BUILDER WICH FASCINATED ME.
ON NOVEMBER 1964 OUR THIRD CHILD WAS BORN ALSO IN MIAMI. OUR SECOND NORTH AMERICAN CHILD. A VERY BEATIFUL BLOND GIRL WITH BEATIFUL BLUE EYES, ALSO FILLING OUR LIVES WITH MORE LOVE AND HAPPINESS, WE NAMED HER ESTHER LIKE MY MOTHER WE CALLED HER ESTHERCITA, LITTLE ESTHER
ACROSS THE YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER AND DO OUR VERY BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND TO EACH OTHER, WE LOVED THEM DEARLY, THEY NEVER WENT TO BED WITH AN EMPTY STOMACH ON THE CONTRARY CUQUI AND I WENT TO BED MANY TIMES EMPTY STOMACH BECAUSE OUR KIDS ALWAYS CAME FIRST. THEY WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND RECEIVED THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION LIKE ANY AMERICAN KID AND THEY ALL GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THEY NEVER GAVE ANY PROBLEMS TO US' THEY ALWAYS WERE GOOD.
IN THREE DIFFERENT OCASIONS CUQUI AND I STARTED A FIBERGLASS BUSINESS WHERE WE WORKED SHOWLDERS TO SHOWLDERS AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO GIVE UP THE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY.
MY WIFE DEDICATED A GREAT TIME OF HER LIFE RAISING OUR KIDS AT HOME, FOR WHAT I ALWAYS WAS PROUD OF HER. SHE SACRIFICED THE OPORTUNITY TO BE WORKING AND STAY AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF  THEN
ROSA LEFT HOME FIRST CREATING A TREMENDOUS VACUUM IN OUR LIVES, SHE WAS 19, LATER RAUL LEFT FOR THE MARINES, ALSO WAS HARD FOR US, AND FINALLY ESTHER MARRIED, AND WE WERE TOTALLY ALONE.
WHILE IN THE MARINES OUR SON MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEET HEART. ON FEBRUARY 17 1984 THEIRS FIRST BABY WAS BORN IN CAMP LEJUNE NORTH CAROLINA ALSO BLOND AND BEATIFUL BLUE EYES, SHE WAS NAMED KAYLEE NICOLE, ABOUT ONE YEAR LATER THEIR MARRIAGE WAS DESTROID AND OUR FIRST GRANDDOUGHTER CAME TO LIVE WITH US,BECAUSE HER MOTHER RAN AWAY WITH HER LOVER LEAVING LITTLE KAYLEE BEHIND. OUR SON WAS DEVASTATED FOR THIS SITUATION AND WE TOOK OVER KAYLEE TO HELP RAUL AND OUR GRANDDOUGHTER.  SHE HAD LOVE AND CARE LIVING WITH US, AND MY WIFE AND MY SELF TOOK GOOD CARE OF HER.
AT THIS POINT OUR LIVES STARTED TAKING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, SINCE THE FAMILY THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL STARTED TO DESINTEGRATED IN PIECES. TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE, DESPITE OUR LOVE FOR OUR CHILDREN THE RESENT AND HATE FOR US WAS STRONGER THAN OUR LOVE, THEY NEVER FORGAVE US BECAUSE THE WAY THEY WERE RAISED [STRAIT AND RELIGIOUS]. IT WAS VERY HARD TO SEE OUR SON TOTALLY DESTROID FOR THE FAILURE OF HIS MARRIAGE, IT GOT SO BAD THAT WE HAD TO TAKE LEGAL CUSTODY OF OUR GRANDDOUGHTER KAYLEE IN ORDER TO PROTECT HER FROM THE CIRCUNSTANCES. THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR MY WIFE IRENE AND FOR ME, TAKE OUR GRANDDOUGHTER FROM OUR OWN SON. WE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AWAKE TRAYING TO REACH A FINAL DECITION, AND IT WAS NOT OTHER SOLUTION THAN TAKE HER AWAY FROM HER FATHER, NOWING THAT THIS ACTION WAS GOING TO DESTROID OUR RELATIONS FOR EVER, AND WE DID. SOON AFTER THE INOPERANT, INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPTED STATE OF FLORIDA CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT STARTED TO LOOK FOR KAYLEE’S MOTHER BECAUSE THEIR GOAL IS REUNITED THE BIOLOGICAL PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILD NO MATTER WHAT. THEY FOUND HER WORKING IN A BAR. SHE RECEIVED A 3 MONTHS PARENTING CLASS AND ACCORDING THE CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SHE WAS FIT TO TAKE HER DOUGHTER BACK DESPITE THE FACTS. WE STARTED A LEGAL BATTLEL AGAINST THE STATE OF FLORIDA CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND KAYLEE’S MOTHER WHO WAS REPRESENTED BY A PUBLIC DEFFENDER, WE HIRE A GOOD LAWYER AND A GOOD CHILD SYCOLOGIST IN ORDER TO REPRESENT KAYLEE. THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE COURT APPOINTED A GUARDIAN AT LITTEN, THAT WAS ALL THE REPRESENTATION KAYLEE HAD. THE GUARDIAN AT LITTEN WAS A JOKE, A TOTAL FAILURE. AS A FAVOR FROM THE COURT, THE JUDGE ALLOWED US TO BE REPRESENTED BY A LAWYER AND THE CHILD SYCOLOGIST, WE ONLY COULD BE THERE TO WATCH, BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY THE GRAND PARENTS. WE WERE FIGHTING IN COURT FOR OVER 3 YEARS, AND FINALLY ON MAY 25 1989 AFTER THE STATE OF FLORIDA CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ARRANGED TO SWITCH JUDGES FOR ONE THEY COULD MANIPULATE, OUR GRANDDOUGHTER KAYLEE WAS PLACED UNDER THE COSTUDY OF HER MOTHER AND HER LOVER, WHO WERE THE ONES THAT BRUTALLY ABUSED KAYLEE, TO CONTINUES THE ABUSE. DESPITE THE COURT ORDER GRANTING MY WIFE IRENE AND ME LIBERAL VISITATIONS  THEY KEPT US FROM SEE KAYLEE AND THIS WAS  DEVASTATING FOR KAYLEE AND FOR US, THE SEXUAL PHYSICAL AND SYCOLOGICAL ABUSE ON KAYLEE CONTINUES                                                                   
 THINGS GOT VERY UGLY SINCE THE ABUSE CONTINUES AND NO ONE WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SHE WAS BRUTALLY ABUSED BY THESE TWO MONSTERS AND NO ONE CARES ABOUT IT. SO WE MADE A VERY SERIOUS DECITION, THAT WAS TO RESCUE OUR GRANDDOUGHTER FROM ALL THAT MISERY. IT TOOK US TWO AGONIZING MONTHS TO SELL EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND DISMANTEL EVERYTHING WE BUILT IN 30 YEARS EVERYTHING, AND IN AUGUST 11 IN A SPECIAL VISITATION THAT MY WIFE IRENE WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE AFTER CROWLING AND BEGGING WE TOOK OFF WITH OUR GRANDDAUGHTER KAYLEE AND FINALLY OUR RESCUE MISSION WAS IN EFFECT. WE RAN FOR 13.5 YEARS, THE F.B.I. WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND US. IT WASN'T EASY BUT THANKS TO OUR LORD JESUS WE MADED. WHEN OUR GRANDDOUGHTER KAYLEE BECAME 18 YEARS OLD WE FOUND A VERY POWERFULL LAWYER IN REDONDO BEACH IN CALIFORNIA HIS FEES WERE $400.00 @ HOUR AND FOR $10.00 RETAINER HE REPRESENTED US ALL THE WAY UNTIL ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST MY WIFE IRENE AND MY SELF WERE DROPPED BY THE F.B.I. AND ALSO BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IT TOOK HIM ALMOST A YEAR OF WORK AND NEGOCIATIONS TO ACHIEVE THIS AND HE DID IT FOR $10.00 WHAT A GOOD HEART HAVE THIS GENTLEMAN., THIS TOOK PLACE IN 2003, WE ALSO APPEAR AT DR. PHIL SHOW. IN AUGUST 2005 MY WIFE IRENE AND I WERE ABLE TO RETIRED AND WE MADE MANY PLANS TO ENJOY OUR LASTS YEARS TRAVELING IN AN R.V TRAILER THAT WE OWNED AND A BEATIFULL PICK UP TRUCK THAT WE BOUGHT TO TOW THE R.V. TRAILER .VERY SADDLY, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN RUNNING ,THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF MY DEAR WIFE CUQUI WHO WAS A DIABETIC GRADUALLY AGRAVATED AND ON DECEMBER 26 2005 SHE DIED IN MY ARMS DUE TO A BLOOD CLOT THAT SHOTED DOWN HER LUNGS, 30 DAYS AFTER A SUCCESFUL SURGERY. I HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS MY SORROW, I LOST THE MOST PRECIOUS PERSON IN MY LIFE AND THE BLOW THAT OUR GRANDDOUGTER KAYLEE RECEIVED WAS AND STILL VERY HARD. WE LOST THE STRONGEST SUPPORT IN OUR LIVES.
IRENE [CUQUI] WAS CREMATED IN SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA. THAT WERE HER WISHES AND I KEPT MY WORD TO THE END.
I WAS AFFRAID OF DIEING ANY DAY SINCE I WAS FEELING SO BAD AFTER THE LOST OF MY DEAR WIFE, SO I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO FLORIDA, BECAUSE OUR GRANDDOUGHTER KAYLEE WAS GOIN TO BE IN A SERIOUS SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT RELATIVES IN THE EVENT I DIED. THIS WAS A BIG DECITION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WAITING FOR US IN FLORIDA. IT TOOK US ABOUT 45 DAYS TO PREPARE THE TRIP, KAYLEE QUIT HER JOBS AT SOMETHING SILVER A JEWELLERY STORE AT DOWN TOWN DISNEY AT DISNEYLAND AND AT NORSTROM NEARBY.
WE JUST TO OWN A FIBERGLASS SHOP IN SANTA ANA CA. AND WE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE ATTACK ON 9/11, WE WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMY AFTER9/11. WE KEPT EVERY SINGLE TOOL, EQUIPMENT AND MOLDS IN STORAGE IT WORTH LOT OF MONEY. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO TAKE ALL THIS TO FLORIDA AND MY EMOTIONAL CONDITIONS, I GAVE MANY THINGS AWAY TO FRIENDS AND THE REST I LEFTED AT THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
MY INTENSIONS WERE TO BRING OUR GRANDDOUGHTER KAYLEE CLOSE TO THE FAMILY IN FLORIDA FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. ON FEBRUARY 26 /06 TWO MONTHS AFTER LOOSING IRENE, KAYLEE AND I TOOK OFF FOR FLORIDA IN OUER TRUCK AND PULLING THE R./ V. TRAILER LOADED WITH MEMORIES, I KEPT THE URN WITH IRENE'S ASHES IN THE CAB VERY CLOSE TO ME. IN THE BACK SEAT WERE OUR DOGGIES A CHOW CHOW, HER NAME IS LINDA AND A CHIHUAHUA HIS NAME IS POOKY. ONCE AGAIN WE WERE LEAVING VERY SWEET FRIENDS AND LOT OF MEMORIES BEHIND. IT TOOK US 10.5 DAYS TO GET TO MIAMI FL., WE MADED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. UNFORTUNATELLY FOR KAYLEE THE REJECTION FROM HER MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE BEING TREMENDOUS AND ALSO DEVASTARING FOR HER VERY VERY SAD. MY WIFE IRENE WAS RELUCTAN TO RETURN TO FLORIDA AND SHE WAS RIGHT. TO ME IS ALSO DEVASTARING BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE MAKING THE DECITION TO COME TO FLORIDA, THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS MISTEAK ON MY PART. ANOTHER DEVASTATING SITUATION FOR KAYLEE IS THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ATTENDING COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA AND HERE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESUME HER EDUCATION. WE ARE PLANING TO RETURN TO CALIFORNIA WHERE WE HAVE MANY FRIENDS THAT LOVE US VERY MUCH. ALSO WE’LL BE ABLE TO OPERATE IRENE’S FOUNDATION ANYWHERE WE GO. MY WIFE IRENE WROTE A BIG PART OF A BOOK THAT I’M GOING TO FINISH IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE TITLE IS “FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF A CHILD” AND I’M GOING TO PLACED IN THE INTERNET, WHERE YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE STORY