by Betsy | Jul 8, 2008
My Father Falls Out of Grace With the Government I was born in the Dominican Republic (D.R.) during the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, fact that would define the rest of my life. Whether directly or indirectly, my family was affected by chaos during my...
by Betsy | Jun 25, 2008
El Cadillo One of the earliest memories I have is of going to see my father in the La Victoria jail in Santo Domingo. My father was a political prisoner and had been arrested several months prior. The Dictator Trujillo had been feeling that my father wasn’t...
by Betsy | Dec 21, 2007
Depression, the Teenage Years and the You-Suck Monster Updated April, 2026 “I cried, I cried, I cried…” I write this in the hope that it can help anyone young or old going through the same situation that I found myself in as a teenager and later as...
