Therese Marie Galvez-Carrera - Мемориальный вебсайт онлайн

Adventures we shared in our college days, a friendship born and nurtured in a little Victorian on Dwight Way. Memories that will last a lifetime, of happy times of our youth. I taught you how to clean a fish for the very first time. You taught me about patience and kindness, qualities you had in abundance. What a deal ! With a heavy heart and many tears, I say goodbye my friend Therese. Your spirit and smile were always a welcome beacon for all that knew you, especially for me.

Therese has always been the friend the exudes warmth right from the start. She manages to make you feel at ease right from the start even when you are just a new friend, just as we were 14 years ago. Since then, we have connected as we shared our lives as moms,wives,daughters,sisters and friends. Through the years,she taught me a lot thru her actions. I wish I could have done the same for her. Lessons that she still teaches as we speak. She always makes me feel that she is all ears for my stories regardless of the time,the long list of to do's etc. I guess what she wants me to know is that the time that we spend with each other and our loved ones are that precious and that it's ok to slow down a bit. I will miss her a lot but I take comfort knowing that she is now with the angels and will be watching over us all.

In one word, I will always remember Therese as a "listener"--a very good listener. In our coffee group, our girls' night out were constant marathon conversations. Time would escape us, and worry our loved ones about how long we would stay out at night. I still remember Therese was there to celebrate my last day at work, and my first day as a stay home mom. She left my house at 4:00 a.m. the next day just in time for me to nurse my newborn for his first meal of the day--one of many Friday nights that turned into Saturday mornings! First seatings at restaurants easily turned into closing down restaurants as the last group to leave. Discussions were about everything that centered around our daily lives, our families, our friends, our concerns, hopes and dreams, and anything that came to mind. And even if conversations were generally about nothing, Therese was always a willing listener, very much living in that moment with you, fully engaged, and lost in what you had to say. That's what made our time together special, and I feel very blessed that our friendship has been defined by many, many conversations over the last two decades. I will deeply miss her.

Therese took great comfort in psychology in helping her cope & understand the people around us.  Whereas I called a spade a spade, Therese took pains to see the good in people and valued long-term relationships even if it hurt her sometimes.  As she told me a few days before she was taken to the hospital, she was just trying to make it day by day & did not have a plan if she reached 50.  She wanted her children to have good values and learn their chores.  Now that's a plan - to rear children who will be responsible and loving.  That alone is an enormous task! 

A woman of great faith, she was one of the few moms who took her children to the sacrament of reconciliation in the Catholic church, aware of the human need it fulfills in each of us.  She had a genuine interest in people & encouraged me in pursuing my goals.  From a BART passenger to the store clerk, she treated them as human beings.  Even my mom in the Philippines whom she only met 3 or 5 times is so saddened by her passing.

We shared a lot of laughter together & a few spats.  I thought we would grow old together.  I take comfort that now I can easily talk to her wherever I am & she will answer somehow in my dreams ("twilight zone")

Truly, how a person made you feel is how you will remember her by.  Therese always made me feel loved.

Therese had been making sandwiches for the Tri City Homeless Shelter as part of the Holy Spirit Church sandwich squad for several years now.  She always said that the sandwiches needed to be something she would serve to her family.  Often times when I dropped off the sandwiches, the Tri Cities staff would say that these are their favorite sandwiches.  She would take time off from work on Monday mornings to prepare the sandwiches - it was truly a labor of love for her.