how do people feel towards abuelita?

Abuelta is seen as wise and eccentric. She often speaks in proverbs and helps guide people, like Esperanza, through life. She also has an eccentric and fun side to her,

"Abuelita might host a group of ladies for a formal tea in the afternoon, then after they had gone, be found wandering barefoot in the grapes, with a book in her hand, quoting poetry to the birds" (chapter 2)