the united states. but i had no idea what that entailed. this is my passport we got in cuba. my parents got it in anticipation of us coming and moving here, seeking exile. the stamp to the country, september 3rd, 1960. it's the naturalization service of miami, florida. that was the one and only time we used this passport. this was a one-use passport. we used to get out of cuba and come to the united states. my mother died on the fourth of july of 2011. one of my major regrets is she never saw cuba again without castro. i wanted her to be able to live through that. my dad had a saying. whenever something would go wrong, he would say -- we lost much more in cuba. that's how he put things in perspective. he would say this may be a setback or we may not have