Monday, April 28, 2025
I remember so many good times with Teresa! I always enjoyed being with her. I grew up with Tony and met Teresa shortly after they started dating. I was blessed to attend Tony and Teresa's wedding where we danced the night away. Teresa always was beautiful and radiant whether she was in her wedding dress, dressed up or in jeans and a sweatshirt. She prefered the jeans and sweatshirt. I remember long converstions with her where she showed interest in me and my family and shared wonderful things with me about herself and her family. She was up-beat, happy and entergetic. She had an enthusiasm and spark for life and lifted others just by being in the room. I loved her beautiful smile which she wore nearly all the time.
In December 2021 I was blessed to spend some time with her in Tennessee. Three of us couples spent the week in a cabin in the Great Smokey Mountains. We swam in the heated indoor pool, sat in the hot tub, worked puzzles, popped popcorn and ate out until we thought WE would pop! We shopped all the shops and looked a Christmas lights at night. We stayed up until the wee hours talking and solving all life's problems--well, mostly. It was great fun and I cherish that memory.
Tony and Teresa brought their children, when they were very young, to visit us when we were living in the DC area. We went all over DC seeing the sights and talking, catching up on our families in Michigan and West Virginia. I remember taking a picture in front of the Michigan stone at the WWII memorial. I have it here at my house somewhere.
I could tell that family was everything to Teresa, with her faith in God and Jesus Christ. She was always making things for her family--especially memory books and memory videos and cd's. She did some really awesome things!
I thank God for all the memories I have with Teresa! She was an amazing friend to me.
Until we meet again--I will be missing her. I look forward to seeing her again and catching up on our experiences, feeling her embrace and seeing her beautiful smile!
My most heartfelt condolences to the family--espceially Tony, Jessica and Heather. I pray you find peace in the days ahead as you remember all the joyful, fun, funny and even hard times you had together. And as you navigate your grief journey I know there is indescribable pain and heartbreak now, you will have many ups and downs and nothing will ever be the same. I also know that peace and acceptance will come--maybe sooner, maybe later, but peace will come. I love you--Renee
