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Aba - Beatriz Avellanal born Elsa Maria Beatriz Abella aka Cuqui
(August 17, 1936 - August 25, 2019)
If there is one thing in this world that I wish for it's to one day have a tiny bit of whatever my grandmother Aba has in her heart that made her so selfless and loving. Today I say goodbye to a woman that made my life complete and a woman who saved me. Anyone who knows me knows that grandmother is my world and today the time has come for me to say goodbye. Tonight she reunites with the love of her life my Grandfather whom passed in 1970. She also will reunite with Tita, Lola, Caballero, Teresita, Baby Vanessa and all her loved ones waiting to welcome her into Paradise. Aba and I have had many adventures throughout the years and these events began when I was a kid around the time my parents divorced. I was collecting Ninja Turtle figures and whenever a new one came out we went in search of it. When I was 8 years old, she started telling me about going to a bookshop with her called Borders and that I would enjoy it because there was a live band on Friday nights. At first I refused for several weeks until I finally went with her and from then on I was looking forward to go every Friday to meet with my friends. I would read scary books and drink Orange Italian Sodas along with her weekly Mocha Freeze. She would always buy me the new Goosebumps book or another book yet she always complained about the scary covers. I even remember the night my Mother and family drove by Borders to show us my newborn baby brother. Aba and I along with my friends saw him for the first time together outside Borders Book Shop. Gradually our outings went from Borders to Coconut Grove, to The Falls, To Bayside, Miami Beach, Countless Malls, Shops, Miami's Best Pizza, CooCooRoo and countless other places. Aba wasn’t your typical Grandma she never cooked therefore we often explored food spots! Whenever I found out a place had Garbage Pail Kids she would drive me hours just to buy them (Pre e-Bay days). When I headed into my teens she would take me and my friends everywhere, from concerts, to shopping, to the movies, you name it she took us! She became a friend and a mentor. She was always ready to correct me and call me a Berako which was her way of calling me an idiot. I was and still am her Berako. I attended a youth group in my teens and together with her we did countless community service projects. Whenever there was no school I would go to work with her and sit in her office and watch her help people in need (Also yell at people when needed). When she retired, she moved to Williams Island in Aventura, Florida. I was in my mid teens and she would come every Friday to go to Borders together and then we would leave for the rest of the weekend and go around Williams Island and Aventura Mall. I spent my Summers in Switzerland with my cousins and some of the summers she would come with me and we would have our Euro adventures. When I was 17 we took a trip to Spain and I will forever cherish that week we spent exploring Madrid together. When I told her I wanted to get married she had my full support, we immediately went out to buy a ring together and for other guys that might not be ideal but for me I am a Grandma's boy! She also took care of my wedding and was involved in everything throughout that year. She loves my daughter Isabella and I’m so thankful she had some moments with her. My memories with her are way too many! We have traveled together, laughed together, cried together, seen countless films together, been robbed at gunpoint together (We escaped thanks to her) and have fought together. Aba is an example of female empowerment and female glory, a woman who wouldn't take no for an answer and a woman who fought for truth. Aba had difficulty walking most of her adult life, yet she always walked and walked and walked even if she sat down several times along the way. She often held onto me when she got tired. In the words of my friend/ brother Robert Trezona on August/24/2019; "Aba is a slow bullet that keeps moving forward. Aba will never die because her heart lives forever. I love Aba and all her love and memories, keep talking to her David because your voice is her world. She lights up when you talk! She opens her eyes when you talk! You are her everything." In the last few years she wasn't able to walk anymore and she split her time between Charlotte, Miami, Switzerland and most recently Los Angeles. In May of this year I spent several hours by her bedside and we watched a concert on her TV through Youtube. The Concert was The Cure Live at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (1984). We both enjoyed it and she kept commenting how excellent musicians they are. I never thought that was our last adventure together. It is the little things in life that have value! I hope that one day I am worthy enough to enter Paradise and create new memories with her with dos deditos de Coca Cola! I LOVE YOU ABA

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Aba - Beatriz Avellanal born Elsa Maria Beatriz Abella aka Cuqui
(August 17, 1936 - August 25, 2019)
If there is one thing in this world that I wish for it's to one day have a tiny bit of whatever my grandmother Aba has in her heart that made her so selfless and loving. Today I say goodbye to a woman that made my life complete and a woman who saved me. Anyone who knows me knows that grandmother is my world and today the time has come for me to say goodbye. Tonight she reunites with the love of her life my Grandfather whom passed in 1970. She also will reunite with Tita, Lola, Caballero, Teresita, Baby Vanessa and all her loved ones waiting to welcome her into Paradise. Aba and I have had many adventures throughout the years and these events began when I was a kid around the time my parents divorced. I was collecting Ninja Turtle figures and whenever a new one came out we went in search of it. When I was 8 years old, she started telling me about going to a bookshop with her called Borders and that I would enjoy it because there was a live band on Friday nights. At first I refused for several weeks until I finally went with her and from then on I was looking forward to go every Friday to meet with my friends. I would read scary books and drink Orange Italian Sodas along with her weekly Mocha Freeze. She would always buy me the new Goosebumps book or another book yet she always complained about the scary covers. I even remember the night my Mother and family drove by Borders to show us my newborn baby brother. Aba and I along with my friends saw him for the first time together outside Borders Book Shop. Gradually our outings went from Borders to Coconut Grove, to The Falls, To Bayside, Miami Beach, Countless Malls, Shops, Miami's Best Pizza, CooCooRoo and countless other places. Aba wasn’t your typical Grandma she never cooked therefore we often explored food spots! Whenever I found out a place had Garbage Pail Kids she would drive me hours just to buy them (Pre e-Bay days). When I headed into my teens she would take me and my friends everywhere, from concerts, to shopping, to the movies, you name it she took us! She became a friend and a mentor. She was always ready to correct me and call me a Berako which was her way of calling me an idiot. I was and still am her Berako. I attended a youth group in my teens and together with her we did countless community service projects. Whenever there was no school I would go to work with her and sit in her office and watch her help people in need (Also yell at people when needed). When she retired, she moved to Williams Island in Aventura, Florida. I was in my mid teens and she would come every Friday to go to Borders together and then we would leave for the rest of the weekend and go around Williams Island and Aventura Mall. I spent my Summers in Switzerland with my cousins and some of the summers she would come with me and we would have our Euro adventures. When I was 17 we took a trip to Spain and I will forever cherish that week we spent exploring Madrid together. When I told her I wanted to get married she had my full support, we immediately went out to buy a ring together and for other guys that might not be ideal but for me I am a Grandma's boy! She also took care of my wedding and was involved in everything throughout that year. She loves my daughter Isabella and I’m so thankful she had some moments with her. My memories with her are way too many! We have traveled together, laughed together, cried together, seen countless films together, been robbed at gunpoint together (We escaped thanks to her) and have fought together. Aba is an example of female empowerment and female glory, a woman who wouldn't take no for an answer and a woman who fought for truth. Aba had difficulty walking most of her adult life, yet she always walked and walked and walked even if she sat down several times along the way. She often held onto me when she got tired. In the words of my friend/ brother Robert Trezona on August/24/2019; "Aba is a slow bullet that keeps moving forward. Aba will never die because her heart lives forever. I love Aba and all her love and memories, keep talking to her David because your voice is her world. She lights up when you talk! She opens her eyes when you talk! You are her everything." In the last few years she wasn't able to walk anymore and she split her time between Charlotte, Miami, Switzerland and most recently Los Angeles. In May of this year I spent several hours by her bedside and we watched a concert on her TV through Youtube. The Concert was The Cure Live at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (1984). We both enjoyed it and she kept commenting how excellent musicians they are. I never thought that was our last adventure together. It is the little things in life that have value! I hope that one day I am worthy enough to enter Paradise and create new memories with her with dos deditos de Coca Cola! I LOVE YOU ABA