GEORGINA OQUENDO

There were so many fond, and funny memories we experienced with Georgina (mom) throughout the years, but the one that stands out the most is the time when cell phones started to be part of our form of communication. Georgina (daughter) better known as Puchy to close friends and family, was in her car en route to her mother's house, but before she got there, she called from her low charged cell phone to let mom know she was delayed. While she was talking on the phone her mother on the other side only heard garbling words. To Georgina it sounded as though someone was strangling her precious daughter and she called the police, and family members, who lived close by. When they arrived the police were swarming our house ready to save her from the strangler. As the police were preparing to knock the front door down, Puchy arrived at her parent's house to a panicked mother who was so relieved to see that her daughter had indeed not been strangled. Good thing too, because we would have arrived to our house with no front door.

Fortuna

When I stopped by her house in recent years to wish her a happy birthday, Georgina would offer me Cuban coffee and delicious munchies, and I'd leave feeling that we had celebrated me instead of her. She knew how to make me laugh and see life in unusual Georgina colors. I will not forget you, Mami.