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Born
The year my grandfather was born in the Dominican Republic. -
Growing up
Growing up my grandpa started working at the age of 8. He worked at a bodega. -
Sports
My grandpa loved baseball. Whenever he wasn't working or studying he was playing baseball with his friends. -
Death of Rafael Trujillo
My grandpa was about 14 years old when the dictator Trujillo was killed. He remembered how everything change. Everything went from being equal to having stats. -
Grandma
When my grandpa met my grandma after high school. They both connected and had lots of similarities. They went to similar schools and lived 3 miles apart. -
Marrage
My grandpa married my grandma after being together for ten years. -
First Child
My grandpa had his first kid. She meant the world to him. -
Celebrating his new job
My grandpa got a new job as an auto mechanic and is celebrating with my grandma. His new job started in the Dominican Republic where later he would work in America. -
America
This is the year my grandpa found out that he was coming to America. His plan was to come to America to find a good paying job. -
Christmas
My grandpa celebrating his first Christmas in America with my uncle. This could be his first Christmas without his family. -
Work in America
My grandpa moved to Boston two months later where he got a job working at an auto shop. He worked at the auto shop as a mechanic. -
New York
When my grandpa landed in New York he barely knew English but he made his way around. Where he then went to live with his cousin in Queens. -
Returning Home
The year my grandpa returned back to his family in the Dominican Republic. To surpise my grandma on her birthday. -
Birthday
My grandpa celebrating his oldest daughters birthday when she turned sixteen. He made sure he could be back in the Dominican Republic in time for his daughter sixteen birthday. -
Before returning back to America
This photo is when my grandpa said goodbye to family before he had to return back to America for work. However, he would return back less than two years. -
Granddaughter
When my grandpa returned back to the Dominican Republic to see his granddaughter(my sister). -
Grandma Death
The year when my grandma died and shattered my grandpa's heart. She passed away sleeping. From this moment on my grandpa changed. -
America
The year my grandpa returned to America for good. Where he never returned to Dominican Republic -
After the Death of my Grandma
My grandpa worked for years as a mechanic and then retired. Where then he started working at a dealership afterward. -
Sick
My grandpa retired from all of the work because he was getting sick and didn't have the energy to keep on working. -
Family
My grandpa would come to Wellesley every vacation to spent Thanksgiving, Christmas, and birthdays with us. Every single time he came to visit he would bring boxes of a dozen glazed donuts. One for my sisters and I and another box for my cousins. -
Current life
Now my grandpa has to stay and live in New York where he is constantly in and out of the hospital. He can't leave because his doctors are in New York. My grandpa over the years is getting even sicker. However, he is tough and is doing well.
