Robert, Orlando, Ninoska and Awilda were 8,9,10 and 12 when Uncle Roberto and Caridad ended their marriage. My cousins never stopped respecting and loving their parents as if nothing has changed. Orlando on the other hand began to lose his grip with reality. As he grew older he despised his father for believing church was more of a priority than the family. By the time Orlando was 16 he had been brought home by the police and even arrested over a dozen times. The situation became so out of control that his mother didn't want him in the home because of his lying and stealing to satisfy his heroin addiction. By the time he was 19 sniffing heroin wasn't enough and he began to inject the poison into his veins. Orlando never accepted responsibilities for his actions but blamed his father for going to church. Today this poor man who is 36 years old lives in the AIDS ward of Brooklyn Hospital in New York.
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