BERTA CABARROCAS ALFONSO

July 3, 2025

"...if roses grow in Heaven,
Lord please pick a bunch for me,
Place them in my [Godmother's] arms,
and tell her they're from me..." by Dolores Garcia

Sending you LOVE every single day, Tica.
(Fourteen years)

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Four years.
Missing you every day.
Love you always, my Mother.

It was on a day like today, Fisi....the day after we had each held your hand and whispered farewell, had encircled you and gently wished you a glorious journey towards blessed eternity...
It was on a day like today---nighttime--- when we were leaving the funeral home and the sky was aflame with light and colors, stars shooting and magnificent explosions. To the left, to the right, overhead....explosions of brightness and sparkle, overwhelming reds that shone in the blackness of the night sky before flickering and disappearing. The white spot that shot upwards ---higher and higher---before popping and exploding fuzzily in all directions, looking like unruly white locs. I thought," Look at Heaven celebrating Fisi's arrival!"...before realizing it was the 4th of July.
Love you, eternally...

Happy Birthday, my Tica. Thinking about you and the joyful way you embraced this day and all of our birthdays before your own. The way you would smile and laugh when your ice cream cake came out with all of the lit candles...us singing (maybe a little off-key) Happy Birthday!!! --- and your eyes would brighten at the birthday bags and wrapped packages.
You really knew how to enjoy a birthday. Steven and I continue to celebrate you today and every day in our hearts. We breathe life into your name and share stories of you and all of our lives together. Enjoy your peace and joy in Heaven; I'll be seeing you. Love you always.

To my Moma,
"50 mila lacrime non basteranno perche
Musica triste sei tu, dentro di me..."
50 thousand tears will not be enough because
Sad music is you, inside of me...

Happy Birthday, my Most Sacred Mother.
I love you so very much and miss you with all of my soul. Heaven is so much better with you there; we'll all be there together someday....celebrating.
Your Daughter

Can it be that you have been gone for eleven years, Fisi? Your smile shines bright in my mind like you were just here, sitting next to me on the sofa; your laugh sings a gentle song in my ear. I wish you were here --- all of us together, having a cup of coffee and a tasty dessert, resting in each other's easy company, loving one another as we always have.
I know you and Mom are enveloped in our Father's Light, blissfully together, watching over us, guiding us, and saving our seats right next to you until we're together again one day. I miss you and love you so much.

My Most Sacred Beautiful Mother.
My Heart.
Blessed with Eternal Life.
I love and miss you so much.

August 1, 2019/2021

I miss you every single day Tica.

" She's in the sun, the wind the rain, she's in the air you breathe... you'll see her in the clouds above, hear her whisper words of love. You'll be together before too long. Until then, listen for her song".
(Christy Anne Martine)
I miss you so much, Tica. Life is not the same....but I continue to listen for your song. I love you with all of my heart.
Susan

Miss your beautiful smile.

Dearest Moma and Fisi,
Happy Re-birth Day, Moma. I don't even know where the year has gone---it's all a blur. I wish I could have followed your wish and "not cry for you, Argentina", but I'm selfish and miss you every day and my heart is in pieces. Heaven has become a more complete paradise with the two of you there---Mom pinching your underarm, Dude, and Fisi making sure you have covers and are warm, Mom. So beautiful, you two....together again, waiting for the rest of us to catch up....in time. Thank you for the good life you gave us. Nothing could have been more perfect. I love you both so very much. Life is but a minute; I look forward to giving you both huge hugs someday.
"The sun still rises in the east
and darkness falls at night
but nothing now seems quite the same
each day is not as bright.
The birds still sing, the flowers grow
the breeze still whispers, too.
But it will never, ever be
the same world without you..."
Love. Love. Love.

Beautiful Mother, Beautiful Family, Beautiful Life.

My Very Dearest Godmother and Moma....together in Heaven,
"Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to eachother, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!"
(Henry Scott-Holland)
Beautiful Godmother, Beautiful Mother. We'll be together again, someday. I love you eternally.

Hi Fisi,
I know you are so happy now that Mom has joined you in the Kingdom, I know Mom is very happy to be together with you again. Have a wonderful time together. Seated at the table with Jesus, along with Grandma, Titi Eva, Titi Ana, Mamaita, Cokie, Barbuda and everyone who has come to welcome Mom, have a beautiful journey together. We love you and Mom so very much and will miss you until we meet again, in Heaven. Love you always, Steven.

Hey Fisi,
Are you and Mom having fun? She waited a long time to see your face again, to enjoy your company and for the two of you to share light, again. Both of you with the angels and surrounded in God's love. I know there is a massive reunion going on...so much joy, a promise realized. I'm so happy for all of you--- for both of you. Beautiful Mother, beautiful Godmother. I love you both so much...Susan

Hi Fisi
Another year has passed since you left us...we miss you so much.
I always have you in my prayers and look forward to when we will all be together again. I learned so much from you - patience...you would always say. At times I know you are here with us, just visiting, and it is always a comfort.
I am so thankful for all the love you gave us and we share.
Love you always, Steven

Dear Dude,
I know that you know that we think about and pray for you every day. We miss your physical presence but appreciate when you let us know you are looking down on us---like when you turn on the music :)
Thank you for all the love you showed us in life and for continuing to love and guide and comfort us now that you are on the other side, with Jesus. You continue to live in us. Your laugh is in our laugh, your tears are in ours, you are in the middle of our embraces, and you are game for our adventures. I can't even express enough in words how much I miss and love you.
Susan

Dearest Bertica , It's unbelievable that I would still be here 6 years after your departure. It has been a big struggle for me not having you here. I did not think I could survive one day let alone 6 years. We remember you with so much love, your wisdom and sweetness, your joy of living and giving, your spirituality and the way you dealt with many problems. Most of all that you denied yourself to make others happy. God is now rewarding you. Love is forever, Anna and family

Our dear Bertica,
Here we are missing you so much on Thanksgiving Day. We are sure you are in God's company but you are always in our hearts and will see each other one day.
Love is forever.
Susan, Steven and Anna

Dear Fisi,
The day after your spirit left us, and we were left in our deepest sorrow---our insides feeling ripped open and bleeding---I turned to Steven in Mom's kitchen and said,"I wish it was 5 years from now, so this pain wouldn't feel so raw". I looked at Mom that day and the year that followed, and thought that we would be losing both of you that fateful year.
The razor edge of your passing has ebbed but the steady flow of missing you is there and will always be. You are included in everything we do and everywhere we go, every time we eat and every birthday we celebrate---including your own. We use phrases and gestures that are yours, and find ourselves relying on your wisdom and antidotes to resolve issues. Friday at work, I made myself invisible like you would do, walked right through a group of my co-workers into the supply room, and took a whole box of snacks for my patients without anyone noticing! :) When we laugh, we remember yours---bent over, holding your stomach, when it was a really good one. They way you smoothed your hand over that rebellious cow-lick, or straightened your glasses and then brushed the hair over your right ear with your fingertips.
Your tree is big and gorgeous, red petals flowering on it's top.I was hoping that you would visit me in my dreams last night; maybe another time. We miss you and celebrate you in our little family every day, as we celebrate those of us still here, housing our souls in our bodies. I think you very much enjoy the love circling around and around, just as you did when you were here.
Love you,
Susan

Correction: Mass will be held at 12:30 on July 3, 2016.

Dearest Friend,
It has been 5 years since the Lord came and took you home. It has been very hard for me to endure the loss, but for the grace of God the books and notes you left us have comforted me.
God Bless you for being so thoughtful and such a wonderful person and friend. You are always in our thoughts.
I will be seeing you again.
All my love, Anna

In loving memory a Mass will be held for the repose of the soul of Bertica on July 3 at 6:30PM at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church. 701 Hiatus Rd. Pembroke Pines, Fl. 33026 Tel. no. 954-432-0206
Please join us for worship, we look forward to seeing you and to celebrate together her extraordinary life.

Nuestra Querida Bertica,
Te recordamos con tantisimo carino y refleccionamos en la persona que eras....
Cerrabas la boca y sin juzgar a nadie, con los ojos y oidos abiertos dispuestos a ayudar, y las manos para servir les rendia lo que cada uno necesitaba.
Eras realmente la sal y luz de la tierra donde quiera que estabas.Tu corazon ardiente siempre respondia.
Nosotros estamos tan seguros de que Dios te miraba y ahora te ha compensado estar a su lado y caminar por las nubes con El.
Nos comforta tener una Santa que conocemos.
Te queremos y extranamo para siempre.

Today marks your 4th year with Our Lord, and we were remembering how you would look through things thrown away at the curbs to see if you could clean it up, paint it and give it to someone who might need it.

Of course I was against bringing junk into the house and fussing not to bring it home.

Your acts in turn were determined by the way you thought and felt.

You had a great depth of Spiritual Maturity, you were thinking the way Christ Jesus thought.

God Bless you always my dear friend.

Mi querida Bertica,
Hoy es el dia de tu cumpleano, cuanto te extrano, solo El Senor sabe! Estas en mis pensamiento siempre, recordando la bella persona que eres, los detalles que tenias con tantas personas y tan humilde que te mantenias.
Tu fuistes el Corazon y el Alma de esta casa con una espiritualidad tan profunda que ensenates a todos solo siendo tu. Se te notava la dulsura y la espontaneidad para ayudar a cualquiera.
Tu decias "El amor propio nos desvia mucho del bien Eterno"

Descansa en La Paz del Senor mi querida amiga.

Siempre, Anna

In Loving Memory, The Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of
BERTA C ALFONSO
on July 4th at 7pm by Rev. Fr. Giovanni Pena.
St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church
701 No. Hiatus Road
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33026
Everyone is welcome to worship with us.
The Coles Family
305- 926-5148

Hey Dude! All of these June birthdays!!...celebration dinners and toasts, laughter and cake, cake and more cake!! You're right here with us, always. When we pray, you're right in the middle of our circle. You sit with us to eat, double over with laughter, and sit with us on the sofa, afterwards, to watch TV. You are in our spirit--- as much a part of us as we are a part of each other and ourselves. I love you my Sacred Godmother. Happy Birthday!
P.S. Your tree sure has gotten bushy and beautiful, right?

Mi querida Bertica, Manana hacen 25 anos que mi madre fue llamada al Senor. Recuerdo el dia y noche en que ella agonizaba y Susan y yo estabamos acostadas con ella y tu le leias la Santa biblia. Esa noche ni ese gesto tuyo jamas se me olvidaran. Yo se que de la misma manera ustedes estan juntas al frente del splendor de Jesucristo. Gracias, tu siempre fuistes bendecida en tu manera de dar tanto amor, asi demonstrabas que querias y amabas en todas las situaciones que te encontrabas. Que Dios las siga bendiciendo. O' y guardenme un ladito con sombra. Las extranos y las quiero tanto.

Hi Fisi
I dream with you often enough to feel you are with us always. We miss and love you, as we prepare for another Thanksgiving. We say a prayer and know you hear us. God bless you in his wonderful Kingdom. Love you always, Steven

como se puede resumir la vida de un ser como tu? Tu alma recogida y demostrativa frente a las adversidades de otros y ayudandoles con toda sinceridad,tu mirada serena y gozo de dar la mano sin esperar recompensa; Siempre a sabiendas que la vida es un corto viaje que nos lleva a una vida mejor. Oh!, Dios mio todopoderoso,te ruego que cuando llegue el dia de mi partida, la mandes a darme la mano una vez mas. Amen

My Dude,
It was only yesterday... and 100 years ago. I was so happy for you at the time---being free and taking this journey that you knew would be waiting for you at the end of this road. But as life has settled into the day to day, I just miss you. Seeing you only in dreams but thinking about you every day. You are always here with us---you know that. Under your wide-spreading tree, at the Sunday dinner table, on the sofa watching a movie, in the backyard bird's song, in the reflection of a streetlamp light on a wet darkened road, in the quiet of morning. I'm still happy for you...and I just miss you, too. Love you, Dude.

Mi Querida Bertica, el 25 de Junio cumples 84 anos y nosotros lo celebramos como si estuvieses aqui aunque sabemos que estas invitada al Banquete del Senor. Te extrano y te quiero siempre. Anna

Dear friends, a mass has been scheduled for Bertica on Sunday June 29th, at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church,Pembroke Pines Florida at 12:30PM. Please come, let us celebrate her wonderful life together.

My Dearest Tica,
Mom prepared a delicious dinner for your birthday. You always loved your birthday, with the presents and ice cream cake with the chocolate crunchies...did you see us celebrating you?
I can scarcely believe it has been two years since you left this earth, but you were such a beautiful influence in our lives and you continue to be so. We grow and love and live this life in Spirit and treasure each other and your memory all the more. You will always be with us. I love you.

Dear Fisi
We celebrate you today as we do every day, thankful that we had our times together. We miss very much seeing you every day, but know you are still with us. I carry your rosary with me always and pray everyday that God grants us all strength, happiness and togetherness.
We love you very much.
Steven

Mi querida Bertica,
Cuanto te extrano y te quiero. Me parece que fue ayer que te fuiste a casa de Dios. Cuanto luchamos para hacerte comoda y atender todas tus necesidades pero Dios tenia otros planes para ti y para nosotros. Al fin tu partida nos cambio,felizmente,crecimos en La Fe y espiritualidad. Nos distes el honor de poder cuidarte por 3 anos y una semana. Se me hace dificil pensar en esa ultima semana,poniendote comoda, tratando que comieras,y despues rezando con los muchachos hasta que te quedabas dormida. No lo vi venir. Que Dios te tenga en Su Reino mi queridisima amiga del alma. Siempre, Anna

Nuestra querida Bertica,
Recordandote como siempre en tu cumpleano e imaginando la luz de el rostro de nuestro Senor en tu carita. Le pido a Dios reunirme contigo algun dia. Mientras tanto oro por ti
por las personas que tu quieres aca,que reconozcan que somos hecho por El para El, amar a Dios con todo el corazon y al semejante como asi mismo para alcanzar el Paraiso prometido. Te extrano y te quiero mucho.

In loving memory The Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the eternal repose of the soul of Berta Cabarrocas at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Sunny Isles, Miami Beach Fl;on Wednesday July 3 2013 8am. Welcome family and friends.

Mi querida Bertica, hoy celebramos tu vida con una Santa Misa y Sermon que nos llego. luego la visita conlas flores tan preciosas que yo se te agradaron. Finalmente,te sembramos un Flamboyan en el patio de Susan. Mi Bertica, ahora estamos mas tranquilos,"sabemos porque creemos". Descansa en paz, mi querida amiga del alma, el amor es eterno. Anna

Your spirit radiates like the sun, as you did in life...inviting, beckoning...me in.
Come sit with me a while, you say, as I find home in the lap of your porch.
A flood of tears burst from within, but with your cool, sure hand against my cheek, you catch each one.

"Don't you worry; it's the best of things.
Like a frosty Coke and angel wings.
Hot tostada and Chicklets gum;
A shady beach spot to hide from the sun. Brand new canvases...brushes, too;
Ice cream cake and cobalt blue.
Slip on sneakers with white socks;
Open doors, no need to knock.
Talking on the phone while laying in bed; learning new things, my hair's bright red.
Time for piano, nibbling a Hershey bar; classical music, meditating, my favorite car. Reading the comics and laughing out loud;
look up and smile...my face in that cloud.
I'm that beautiful sunset as day turns to night. I'm here with my Father---everything's alright!"

Then you take my clutched tears,
transformed into so many precious pieces of broken diamonds, and illuminate the perfect blue sky.

I love you and God bless you, Tiki. Happy re-birthday!

Fisi
These past couple of weeks have felt somewhat like an extended holy week to me. This has been a time of reflection for me, of giving and being more compassionate and understanding, just like Easter Holy Week, I feel kinder and gentler. Though we miss seeing you in person, Mom, Susan and I know you are always with us as we feel your aura and spirit helping guide us, keeping us company and enjoying times together, still. We love you very much. You are and will always be in our thoughts and prayers. Love always, Steven

Our Dear Bertica, We miss you remembering your birthday today. Love always,Anna.

Thinking of you---as we do every day---on this June 25, your birthday. We miss you and celebrate your life in quiet prayer. Love.

A Bertica, con todo mi amor --Te recuerdo mucho.

Our Dear Bertica,
Today is the Solemn Trinity Mass and our 11th anniversary month without you. We are becoming more aware of God's gifts to us and how they are manifested. For example, I was very sad a few days ago and I prayed to God to speak to me and give me a sign about you. Then I went into the internet and searched the date you went with our Lord. The date was translated into "Nun and Cloud". A magnificent way of Him saying to me,"She is with me, as she never stopped believing or being a Nun". How great art thou,Lord. We failed to see it all along, Bertica...your kindness, generosity, humility and love for everyone regardless of their color or status; the lack of chatter, slow to anger and quick to forgive. It all appeared to come so easily to you. Now we know, you were Evangelizing in a very quiet way.... Humanity is at the edge of an abyss and we must stay vigilant lest we falter. But you, my dear friend, were so steadfast in your faith, that at the time you closed your eyes for the last time, you opened them in a cloud with God and the light of Everlasting Life as He promised the Appostles in The Upper Room, and to all who believe. "Those who are led by The Spirit of God are always children of God",Romans 8-14-7. We will always miss you, we will always love you. Until we meet again, Susan, Steven and Anna.

Dear Tiki,
You were walking the narrow streets with us, raising your glass at the Verrazzano, with your arm around Mom's shoulder on the bouncing boat, in the gelaterias, and in the quiet churches.
You're always with us. Love you.

Nuestra querida Bertica, ya casi son 10 meses que el Senor te recogio y te llevo con El para toda eternidad.Que estes con El ahora, nosotros esperamos con Fe lo mismo. Cuando yo era chica cantabamos una cancion asi: "No me dejes O'Senor mientras en el mundo este, si a tu lado no hay temor, solo hay gozo, paz quietud" Cristo, Cristo, no me dejes O'Senor,siendo tu mi guia fiel, sere mas que vencedor". La muerte no nos vence,sino que hacia adelanta la Gloria de Dios a los que se van y transforma para siempre a los que le ayudaron a cargar su cruz. Te extranamos y estas en todas nuestras coversaciones a diario. El amor es eterno. Tu familia, Susan Anna y Steven.

Our dear Bertica, today marks the 9th month you went to God. Our affirmation this week is, "Jesus make my heart liken to thine, give me the Grace to empty myself to Thee as you died on the cross for me,and let us also enjoy Paradise for all eternity. Blessed be Your Name for ever and ever". We love and miss you very much, Bertica.
Your family Susan, Steven and Anna

Nobody does the palms as beautiful as you, Dude. You had the grace, even, to make pieces for people who probably wouldn't even appreciate it in the spirit it was given. But that was just 'you'. Thinking of you this Easter season. Love you so much...S.

In loving memory The Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Berta Cabarrocas, at
St.Mary Magdalen Catholic Church
17775 North Bay Road
Sunny Isles Beach,Fl. 33160
Saturday, March 3 2012 at 6:PM
Everyone is welcomed to attend.

Dearest Bertica,this is the seventh month without you. On that early dawn on july 3rd,as we were holding you and saying your prayers fervently and repeatedly the angels came and Jesus lifted you in his arms to go with him. You did not resist, it was as if you were going with The one you had trusted and loved all of your life,as in your affirmation "Jesus I trust and love you". You were in the presence of God and we all felt Him at that precise moment.Since that moment we have thanked God every day for the opportunity given to us and the priviledge of being there for you and for us.Thank you for your loving nature and for giving us the last lesson on how to pass on serenelly,only a pure soul has such a beautiful passing. As in the scriptures 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8; "Love bears all things,Believes all things,Hopes all things,Endures all things,Love never ends. As for the pharisies,they all pass away,as for the tongues they will cease; as for knowledge,it will pass away." What is left is the genuine charity and love you had for your fellowman regardless of color,social standard or compensation. Yours was a life to give, give, give... Rest in peace in the arms of our Lord, dear Bertica until we meet again,with all our love,Steven, Susan,Anna.

Dearest Bertica, this is the seventh month, and it still feels so fresh in our hearts.Love never changes or ends. Until we meet again, Steven, Susan ,Anna

Nuestra querida Bertica, el otra dia leyendo tu diario de el ano 1944, me entero que entonces tu cancion preferida era "I'll be seeing you in all familiar places, in every space this heart of mine embraces....que bien nos sirven esas palabras ahora.Como siempre, te extranamos y te queremos muchisimo,creciendo en la Fe con la esperanza de vernos algun dia. Tu familia, Anna, Steven, and Susan.

My Tiki,
It's been six months and you are a big part of every day. We go to sleep and wake up thinking of and including you in our prayers. You are with us at dinnertime and visit us in our dreams--redhaired, full-figured and smiling. You treated us to Red Lobster with the gift cards you left for us, and we toasted you in thanks. You live in books and gifts, an article of clothing, a picture, a cool sunny day, and a pink flowering bouganvillea. You sit between us on the sofa to watch a cooking show, and walk around the block on a dark, quiet morning. You are with us as we laugh and plan and continue to evolve. You are here with us every day, forever. Love you..

Tia Berta; The Cabarrocas family misses you very much!!! Someday we will all be together in spirit in our little piece of paradise that was "Bueyvaquita" in Cuba. Alicia Maria

Hi Fisi
I miss you so much. Every day I pray that you are enjoying your new adventure in the company of God, seeing all the loved ones you haven't seen in a while and visiting all the places you like. How wonderful!
I know we will all be together once again some day, but until then I will always miss you. I still see your smile and hear your laugh, and in so many things, I feel you.
You will always be with Mom, Susan and me.
love you always

Nuestra querida Bertica, hoy se cumplen 5 meses del dia que El Senor te llevo. Nos sentiamos como si estuvieses ahi con nosotros en la misa en tu honor hoy. Te veo en todos lugares, aquellos que conociamos y lo nuevo, lo veo con tus ojos.el cielo y el sol es distinto tambien. Con el sufrimiento y el anoro hemos crecido en la fe, algo que tu siempre querias.Todavia me parece mentira, algunas veces agarro el telefono para preguntarte si comistes y me abruma tu contesta "por favor dejeme su mensaje". Se me olvida que tu estas en un Banquete Celestial,y con una mision de ser nuestro Angel de la Guarda.Te queremos Bertica con toda nuestra fuerza. Anna,Susan y Steven

We remember as it was yesterday the precious opportunity that we had in sharing Thanksgiving with you, Anna and Family, at Susan house. We have this beautiful picture in our livingroom and always remember this wonderful time spent all together, with love, happiness and true frienship.
Dall'Italia con tanto affetto,
Cinzia e Stefano

Who knew that just below the surface of loss lays grace?
In losing parts of ourselves,
we find wholeness...
Because in the clearing,
we move closer to you, Father.
And in you, we have everlasting life.
Thank you for bringing us together this Thanksgiving and for all of the gifts we have received and the growth and love you have allowed us.
We are more grateful to you than ever, Father, because we know you have our Tica and everyone else we have loved who has gone onto you.
And that our own places at your table are being held for us. Amen.

My TikiTica,
I think about and miss you every single day. I know that things couldn't be better for you than they are right now, in the company of our Father. We try to be humble and accept your absence with grace, but it's not always easy. Tomorrow---Thanksgiving---I know your presence will be with us. I know you will have two scoops of Mom's sweet potato souffle and, later, pie with ice cream. Your smile will be the biggest at the table because you love us so much, but you also know the glorious place to which you will return.
I love you, my Tiki.

Nuestra querida Bertica, hacen 4 meses que El Senor te recogio en sus brazos y al cielo te llevo. Te apagastes sin un grito, pero en el cielo exclamaron "O! nuestra Bertica llego".Estaba Jesus, su madre La Virgen Maria,Habian angeles,Santos y otros mas.Con alegria para ellos llegastes, y con inmensa tristeza y vacio nosotros dejastes.Algun dia las cadenas terrenales se caeran y nos veremos otra vez frente a frente en el esplendor del Senor,entonces no va ser un sueno mio sino Su voluntad Y decision.Estas en nuestros corazones ,tu familia.

OCT. 25, 2011
THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS WILL BE OFFERED FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF BERTA CABARROCAS ALFONSO AT ST. MARY MAGDALENE CATHOLIC CHURCH 17775 NORTH BAY ROAD MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA ON SAT. DEC. 3 2011 AT 6P,YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. WITH THE SYMPATHY OF MONIQUE WOODS.

Nuestra querida Bertica, hoy hacen 3 meses que nuestro Senor te llamo y nos parece que fue esta manana. Pero tu estabas preparada, verdad? evivente de tus libros, los escritos que nos dejastes,con la dulsura que ponias paginas escritas de reflecciones dentro de tus libros religiosos, tu minsal de novicia y libros misticos para que los encontraramos. Cuanto quisieramos poder hablar contigo y pedirte mas informacion sobre tus pensamientos. Te extranamos muchisimo,en todo lo que vemos y hacemos. Me parece que estas conmigo en el carro y que me acompanas desde que me despierto hasta que rezo en la cama de noche.Gracias por abrirnos los ojos, ahora yo soy una persona nueva por tu influencia y estaras en nuestros corazones , para siempre, para siempre, para siempre......Tu familia que te quiere, Steven, Susan, y Anna.

Our Querida Bertica, today marks your 2nd month with our Lord. Today, let me honor one life who by virtue of who you were here on earth,you saw the Christ in each person you met.
The abundant love and caring you shared with so many people,your humility and generosity with persons in need is a constant reminder of your
affirmation: SOLO DIOS BASTA.
To say that we miss you is an understatement. What will not be missed is the genuine love and the truth,the spiritual books, writings that you have left for us to find the way without you and to heal.Thank you for being such a wonderful influence in our lives and enriching our lives a thousand fold. Till we meet again in and spend eternity together. Your loving family, Anna,Susan and Steven

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Berta Cabarrocas Alfonso at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church 17775 North Bay Road Sunny Iles Beach, Fl. 33160 Saturday, July 23 at 6 PM- 2011. With the sympathy of Monique Woods.

I will never forget you, and you will always be in my prayers. You gave love and love you are receiving.
Olga Cabarrocas de Zarraga

There is a time for everything, for all things under the sun: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to laugh and a time to cry, a time to dance and a time to mourn, a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to forget and a time to remember.

In sacred prayer, we remember those who gave us life. We remember those who enriched our lives with love and beauty, kindness and compassion, thoughtfulness and understanding. We renew our bonds to those who have gone the way of all earth.

As we reflect upon those whose memory moves us this day, we seek consolation, and the strength and the insight born of faith.
Jewish Prayer

Berta, you will always live in the hearts of those of us who knew and loved you.

To Ms Anna, Steven, and Susan, I am so sorry for your loss. She had a kindred and gentle soul and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to know Ms. Berta. She will always be loved and missed. .........Gwen Simon (Fort Lauderdale, Fl)

SAFELY HOME
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.

All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.

Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus' love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.

And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread:
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
Could I have one doubt or dread?

Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's Will.

There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth-
You shall rest in Jesus' land.

When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!

In Memory of Berta Cabarrocas Alfonso.
Alina Morales y familia

To Anna,Susanne and Steven,I am very sorry about your great loss and pray God to heal you soon.God bless you always.Monique

Dear Berta,
All of us who knew you feel the loss of a great friend.
A wonderful, caring and compassionate human being. My life was enriched in so many ways by having known you. There is no room here for me to express how grateful I am for all the things you did for me. Thank you dear friend for the devotion and care you gave to my parents in their final years side by side with my sister Anna, my niece Susan and my nephew Steven.
May you rest in peace my dear wonderful friend.

Love always,
Mina & David Blesoff

On behalf of the La Salle Foundation we will have a special intention for Berta at Mass tomorrow.

Tia Berta; I will always remember you!! You were a very special person in my life... I admired your outlook in life and courage to try different things and adventure... Alicia Maria

A special candle will be lighted for you in our church here in Italy. Your friends Cinzia and Stefano.