Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters pen messages for their aunt Alexa

Nikka Avegail Sabio

<div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">The daughters of <em>Can’t Buy Me Love</em> actress Ruffa Gutierrez, Lorin and Venice Bektas, wrote their message for their aunt, Alexa Gutierrez, wife of Elvis Gutierrez, who passed away last Saturday, July 27.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">On their personal social media pages, Lorin and Venice expressed their gratitude for meeting their &quot;Tita Lex&quot; who created lots of memories with them since their younger days.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“My dearest Tita Lex, nothing could have prepared me for how much I’ll miss you. It has been a privilege to have known you and been loved by you. I will pray every day that you are resting easy, I will pray for the kids and Tito Elvis, and I will make sure to be the best ate to your girls,” Venice wrote, along with photos of her late aunt and their family. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C99pWSuzHep/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1288904.3999999994%2C%22ls%22%3A1285684.5999999996%2C%22le%22%3A1288893.7999999998%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1039" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Your passing has left a hole in this family that nothing will be able to fill. I am so grateful for all the memories we’ve shared,” she added.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Venice then shared how Alexa inspired her to be a cool girl and expressed how she would be her inspiration especially in her college years.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“Thank you for taking care of me and mentoring me through hard times when I had nobody else to turn to. You always took the time out of your day to help and guide me through whatever I was facing,” she continued.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I will have the best time at uni for you and I will be praying to heaven and telling you about all the stories. You were always my biggest supporter and now my guardian angel,” Venice added.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">She ended her message, saying, “The most beautiful soul taken away from us too soon. I will see you again someday. I love you so much. </span><span style="color:black;background:white">🕊</span><span style="color:black;background:white">️</span><span style="color:black;background:white">💜💛</span><span style="color:black;background:white">.”</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/BY8cBwRFsTW/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A1303357.3999999994%2C%22ls%22%3A1285684.5999999996%2C%22le%22%3A1288893.7999999998%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="988" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">On Lorin’s part, the 20-year-old shared how she felt now that her Tita Alexa is gone.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“my sweet, smart, loving, hilarious, one of a kind tita alexa, my heart has been broken since the day you were diagnosed because you have always deserved nothing but the best this life has to offer. you fought a courageous battle and handled every hardship with so much grace, positivity, and faith in the Lord,” she said.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Lorin then shared her love for her late aunt and how hard it was to bid farewell to her.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“you have been a consistent supporter, confidante, mentor, and auntie and i never wanted to know a world without you. you are so easy to love, which made saying goodbye to you the hardest thing i have ever been through. i missed you the second you left,” she added.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black"><a href="https://abscbnaad-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/nmsabio_abs-cbn_com/EVQqpVnB6QtIs8N0sM_mgS0BFX6LuWTpDLgfvOPEI2EXrQ?e=XDqJiE"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Lorin 1.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></span></a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“so much of who i am today is a reflection of growing up by your side and i will hold every moment so close to me,” she remarked.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black"><a href="https://abscbnaad-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/nmsabio_abs-cbn_com/EXiQP-PxZYVNllIAmaiK6OEBaiUieAkltP9fTFeiuCG2-g?e=VAmreP"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Lorin 2.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></span></a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“our family wont be the same without you,” she said. “i promise to do my best to take care of your daughters, my sweet baby cousins, and remind them every day that their mommy is an angel who loves them so much.”</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">She went on: “i have so much i want to say, but no words can encompass how massive of a loss this is for anyone who knew your beautiful spirit. i will do my best to continue making you proud and thank you for being there for me every step of the way. i love you i love you i love you so much.”</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong> </strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black"><a href="https://abscbnaad-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/nmsabio_abs-cbn_com/ER_9QnOiasJBmyGlFWqJUAEBI09jXARnIAtcUkWETDY3Jw?e=gBLUCi"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Lorin 3.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></span></a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I&#x27;ll think about you every day i have left on this earth, til we meet again tita alexa.”</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black"><a href="https://abscbnaad-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/nmsabio_abs-cbn_com/EbkrnINJiSJNqwq5pkWF8Q8BlyTC2YO8rLnYEDQOxpmVXQ?e=tj96UT"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Lorin 4.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></span></a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Alexa, a former model and an entrepreneur, passed away on July 27 after her battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, leaving behind her husband Elvis and two daughters, Aria and Ezra. Her sister-in-law, Ruffa, announced the sad news on her Instagram account.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I am still trying to process and accept that you are no longer with us. </span><span style="color:black;background:white">💔</span><span style="color:black;background:white"> It’s so hard… </span><span style="color:black;background:white">😭</span><span style="color:black;background:white"> Words cannot express how heartbroken and shocked I am,” she wrote.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black;background:white">READ: <a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/7/28/ruffa-gutierrez-mourns-the-passing-of-sister-in-law-alexa-2048">Ruffa Gutierrez mourns the passing of sister-in-law Alexa</a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:1.5;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I love you so much my beautiful, irreplaceable Alexa. You will forever be in my thoughts and in my heart. Until we cross paths again,” she added.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.5"><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p><i>Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters Lorin and Venice took to social media their message for their late aunt Alexa Gutierrez.</i></p>

Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters Lorin and Venice took to social media their message for their late aunt Alexa Gutierrez.

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Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters Lorin and Venice pen messages for their aunt Alexa Gutierrez

Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters Lorin and Venice pen messages for their aunt Alexa Gutierrez

Nikka Sabio

Published Jul 30, 2024 06:04 PM PHT

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