Trieva was an amazing person. She was the finest, most kind, most compassionate person I ever knew (I’m 64, and she was 56.) She was loved by all who knew her, and were touched by her amazing smile and personality. She was a great wife and mother, and a great friend to MANY! (I had several women tell me that Trieva was their BEST FRIEND. I know her best friend, and circle of good friends. These women weren’t in this group… Yet, Trieva always managed to make others feel special. She treated them like best friends! She cared about them, and it showed! She was active in her church, and was known as someone you could go to for help, advice, or just a hug. She was an Occupational Therapist, and worked with autistic and learning disabled children…. I met some of the parents of “her children”, the day of her organ donation, at the Honor Walk… They all spoke glowingly of her, saying that she had bonded with their child like no other Therapist had ever done. They all spoke through tears… Trieva was loved, and gave love… for her last days, friends traveled from Florida, Utah, Washington, DC, and from MD, and around North Carolina…
We will be spreading her ashes in a ceremony at the beach in a couple weeks. We expect there to be as many as 50 people attending… One traveling from Denver, Colorado… Trieva was loved, and nearly every day, I run into someone I don’t know, who has a story of something selfless and kind Trieva did for them… And she never spoke, even to me, of these things. Her loving, good deeds, were kept between herself, the individual she was helping, and God. She never sought credit …
She was an exemplary wife, and mother. She and I were together 35 years, and married for 33 years. I will never marry again. It wouldn’t be fair, because no other woman I’ve ever met, or will meet, would compare well with her. (She would tell you otherwise, but that would just be her, being modest.)
Finally, she had an amazing sense of humor, was always smiling her fantastic smile, always finding the positive… Loving her friends and family. And she had a great love for God, and Jesus. She was such an amazing woman.
