Just thinking about your little one. Praying for you still. She isn't forgotten.

Remembering little Bria's life and your loss. Praying for you!

 We are praying for you especially today

Thinking of and praying for you and your family today!!

Love,

Amy

We are thinking of you & continue to pray for all of you.

All our love,

Chris & Misty

Thinking about you guys and praying for you often!!

Bernadette

David and Kelly,

My heart breaks for you.   How such joy and heartbreak could come at the same time.  We're praying for you.  Steve's sister and her husband (Josh and Sarah) just recently lost their dear Ady Grace to Turner Syndrome.  Perhaps some of the comments and poems shared with them will bring you comfort as well.  http://www.themistystone.blogspot.com/ 

Trusting our Lord even in the tough times.

Steve and Vickie (Nantz) Baker

As many have said there are certainly no words to describe the sorrow that must fill your hearts.  We recently suffered through a miscarriage and someone gave me this poem that I would like to share with you.  I love you both and I am praying for you!

On Wings Toward Home

Little life on wings go soaring

To a place of joy, no mourning

Into arms of Jesus find you

Peaceful, happy, earth behind you

Oh so grateful is my heart

That God gave you that little start

Now forever will you be

Sitting at the Savior's knee

I will spend the next 27 Days praying and fasting. God is calling me to go even deeper in our relationship. So I am giving up time. Time I want to spend in front of the TV, Talking, Chatting, IM, or anything else that wants to rob my time. My desire for the next 27 Days is go deeper, grow closer, and have a desire to give God my time.

I will be sure to keep your family in my heart ask I take 27 Days to reflect on God.

David & Kelly,

We just learned of this and want to add our best wishes and prayers to those of so many others who are upholding you in prayer.  God hasn't made a mistake and we will trust Him to make His way and will known to you in the coming days.

These words have been a great comfort to me and I hope they will minister to you as well.

"When your life seems like a tempest, when the waves beat on your breast,

When the wind is hurling round you and there is no place to res,

Then you look out through the shadows and you see Him looking too, saying "Hush" not to the storm,

but saying, "Hush" now to you.

Trust the one who's walking on the water

Trust the one who's leading through the storm.

When you cannot see the shoreline, when there is no goal in sight,

Would you focus on the certainty that all will be alright?

Trust in Him who made the tempest, trust in Him, tho' tossed and torn,

Trust the One who walks on water in your storm."

We love you and are praying for you.

Rob & Janeen

     While there are no words that can take away the sorrow you feel, we want you to know that we are thinking of you.  We are praying that the peace of God envelops you and that the grace of God sustains you until you see your precious little girl in Heaven, where she is safe in the arms of Jesus.

Dear David & Kelly,

We were so sorry to hear of your loss.  Your little Bria was so beautiful.  I cannot imagine what you must be going through.  Know that my heart breaks for you, but I know that we have an awesome God.  Thank you for sharing these precious moments with us.  Your verses and words are such an encouragement to me.  What a beautiful family.  May God continue to shower His love and compassion on you at this difficult time.  Know that our prayers for you don't stop now, but will continue.

All Our Love,

Katrina (Gould) & Mike Dawson

I am so sorry to hear about your baby girl.  I want you to know that we are thinking of you, Courtney, and David.  I can't imagine what you going through.  My heart just breaks for you.  I want you to know that you all are in our thoughts and prayers and if you need anything please let me know.  Love, Jennifer, Haylee, and Amelia

We were so saddened to hear of the loss of your new baby girl.  We are praying for peace and strength for you both and your family during this difficult time.  While we have never experienced this type of loss, know that our hearts are broken for you as the loss of a child is an unimaginable pain.  

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and will continue to be with you!  Troy and Rachel Reiter

Dear Kelly, David, & Courtney,

We would like to send our sincere condolence of the passing of your baby girl, Briana.  You are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.  We are here if you need anything at all.  

God Bless,
Rich, Shannon, Lisa and everyone at Premier Gymnastics   

Kelly+David,
I am very sorry to hear of your loss,
If there is ANYTHING I can do for you guys Please let me know!
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jill Larson
(303-684-8106)

Dear Abbott family,

We are so sorry to hear about your loss.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Please let us know if we can help in anyway.

Sincerely,
Naomi, Kip, Haley & Lauren Anderson

David and Kelly,

I wanted to let you know that we have been and will be continuing to pray for you.  Thank you for sharing your precious moments of Briana with the rest of us. 

Many hugs from Maine,

Taigen and Crystal (LeDoux) Joos

We're praying for you guys.

Love, the Dephouse Family in Summerville, SC

When something gets put on the internet, it always amazes me how fast it gets around and how many people from all different phases of my life see it.

I was blessed this morning to get to see these pictures of your beautiful baby and I will continue to pray for your family in the days ahead.

Lydia Iatesta Johnson

Dear Sweet Family,

How I wish I could contacting you all under better circumstance. My heartaches for each of you. My family is praying for you. Sometime it's hard to find just the right word to say. But know you loved and many are interceding for your family. Much love to each of you! When or if you feel up to it a dear friend of mine just went through this very same thing. Her website is mandigirl-muses.blogspot.com Amanda is a godly women and understands this type of grief.

Bernadette

David & Kelly:
I am unable to imagine the grief you have experienced in the loss of your infant daughter.  Only the Lord knows the deep sense of loss you have experienced.  May your faith in Him continue to sustain you. 

Sincerely, Phyllis Kendrick
FBC Member & TCH Volunteer

DJ, Kelly, & Courtney,

I just want to let you know that we have been praying for you.  I hope you know Grandma Abbott is taking great care of that beautiful little girl!  It's hard to put into words what I want to say, so I hope the lyrics from this song will help.  We love you all!

Pressing over me like a big blue sky

I know someone has me on their heart tonight

That's why I know, it's gonna be alright

Cause somebody's praying me through

Somebody's praying me through

It may be my mother, it might be my dad

Or an old friend I've forgot I had

But whoever it is, I'm so glad that

Somebody's praying me through

Somebody's praying me through

Through the tears, through the rain

Through the sorrow, through the pain

It keeps bring me through

Over and over again

So when you're drowning in a sea of hurt

And it feels like life couldn't get any worse

There's a blessing that's waiting to push back the curse

Cause somebody's praying you through

Somebody's praying you through!

David, Kelly, and Courtney,

We share your sorrow during this time of loss, and your joy knowing that Bria is in the arms of our Father. Praying that God will give you extra grace, and strength through this.

Casey and Mareshah

 

Dear David and Kelly,

This is a little poem that I would like to share with you that has be near to my heart for many year.

 

When God calls little children
to dwell with him above,
We mortals sometime question
the wisdom of his love
For no heartache compares with
the death of one small child
Who does so much to make our world,
seem wonderful and mild
Perhaps God tires of calling
the aged to his fold,
So He picks a rosebud,
before he can grow old.
God knows how much we need them,
and so he takes but a few
To make the land of Heaven
more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult still
somehow we must try,
The saddest word mankind knows will always be 'Goodbye.'
So when a little child departs
we who are left behind
Must realize God loves children,
Angels are hard to find.
-Unknown

 

I love you all,

 

Uncle Mark

Kelly, David and Courtney;

The very first funeral that I remember attending was for a friend who committed suicide.  I was about 15 years old.

At the funeral, they played a song by the Byrds - Turn! Turn!.

The lyrics from Ecclesiastes have really stayed with me.

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

That may have been the very first time that I really considered the nature of mortality and the reality of death.

Very often, time goes by without anyone thinking about it.

The very thoughful and inspired note in the service bulletin really made me think again.

28 days.  So many things accomplished in that short and precious life.

I'm sure that there are more that were unmentioned, and some that have yet come to be.

That challenge will stick with me.  To make each and every 28 days that I live worthy of the gift of life.

Ray Boltz ( a Christian Musician) sings a song about how Christ would have come for only one.

Only for ONE - he would have suffered and died.

I know that Brianna has touched many more.

I grieve with and for you in this difficult time and I will be praying for you in the days, weeks and years to come.

Matt Simmons

Dear David and Kelly,

You are in my thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time. Although I cannot comprehend the grief and loss you must be feeling, I know that God's grace and strength will sustain you and bring you a peace that "passes all understanding".  She was a beautiful little girl.  I will continue to pray for you in the coming days that God will grant you rest, comfort, and strength to meet each new day.  Love and Prayers, Heather Peterson Weigt

David, Kelly, and Courtney -

We are sorry that we couldn't make it back for the funeral today.   You were in our thoughts and prayers.   Words seem so inadequate at a time like this.   We are thankful that God can speak to the heart.  We will continue to pray for each of you.  Bria was adorable! 

Love,

Chad, Trista, Braden & Dylon Weinmaster

Dear David, Kelly, and Courtney,

We are so Sorry for your loss of baby Bria. I know that she is in the arms of god and that he is now taking care of her.  Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures of Bria.  You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Scott and Shawna Cowen

Friends

Dear Kelly, David, and Courtney,

Kelly, I didn't get a chance to talk to you or give you a hug at the service today.  It was a beautiful service.  Just want you to know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.  She was a beautiful little girl!

May God Bless You!

Lori Adler

Dear Kelly, David and Courtney,

David, Kelly, and Courtney,

The service was beautiful today. I wish I would have had a chance to give you a hug. The teachers at my school and I have been praying for you and we will continue to do so. There's such a saddness in our hearts from this little one passing away but joy that we will see her in heaven.  I'll keep you in my thoughts all day today and many days to come.

Love you guys!

Holly

After months of many prayers God delivered into our hearts and lives a beautiful and precious Angel of his own creation.  He heard each and every one of our prayers, and he graced us with her presence here on earth.  He gave us this gift so we could let her know of our love for her and to comfort her with soft words, warm arms and gentle touches of our love.  And even though God knew that we wanted to keep Briana here with us he also knew that through our failth and trust in him that we would gain comfort as she ascended into heaven as our own personal little angel and this thought and his love for us would ease our sadness in the days to come.

We "T'hank God!" for entrusting us a family and bestowing us with the honor of being temporary guardians of our little Briana Lynn Abbott .

Our love ascends with you.

Love Ed and Sandy Sutton (Nana and Papa)         

Dear Kelly, David, and Courtney,

Thankyou for sharing pictures of baby Bria, special moments, and some of Kelly's special verses.  I know it is from your heart but it has also been a wonderful testimony.  We are praying for you.

Love,

The Mortons

David, Kelly, and Courtney,

You've been through so much in the last few months.  We didn't know quite how to tell you, but we also lost a little one in October.  We don't understand it - but we know it's part of God's plan.  We long to hold them, but God knows what is best for us. Here are some verses that have helped us:

Psalms 62:5-8

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.  Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge."

We love you!  You're in our thoughts and prayers!

Joshua, Sherri, Ryan and Laura Wasson

Dear Dave, Kelly and Courtney
I am so very sorry to hear of the passing for your beautiful angel Briana. I cannot imagine the hurt you are going through but please know, you are in my thoughts/prayers and heart. If there is anything I can do -please let me know (970-667-3927).
God bless you all
Nicole Vasquez (Ahnstedt), Andrew, Kyla and Jett too

Dear David, Kelly and Courtney,
You are such an amazing family. From the beginning when you knew you had a long road ahead of you, you never stopped trusting God to get you through. You never wavered in the knowledge that your daughter, no matter what the odds were, deserved a chance to live. God gave you a precious month with her and you know that can never be taken away. You are blessed by God and you are special parents. Thank you for showing us the true meaning of Love,Hope,Grace and Faith...Thank you for letting me be a part of your lives. Love always, Lisa, Kevin, Shaina, Nicole and Ryanna Burton.

Dear David and Kelly,

Our hearts are heavy with the news of Briana's passing!  May our God of all comfort provide all you need, minute by minute and day by day during this hardest of times.  He is our perfect source of strength, of love, of hope, and of peace.  He can do "immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine" and that is what we are calling on Him to do.

With much love in Christ,
Shirley & Don

We are so sorry for the loss of your precious baby girl.  Briana and you have been in our thoughts and prayers and will continue to be.  Jesus loves the little children and is holding and loving Briana now.  May his love comfort you during this time.  Brad and Vicky Gilmer

Of all the precious gifts in the world a baby is MOST precious.  So is and was Bria - both to Kelly and David and Courtney as she is to her Grandpa and Grandpa Simmons.  We know from scripture that she is in Abrahams bosom with the other saved of the Lord.  I am sure that her Great Grandpa Simmons was waiting with open arms for her as was her Great Grandma Curley.  Gramps loves kids and holding them - he is holding Bria as we speak.

Of all the preciousness any of us could hope for such was Bria to each of us that prayed for her through Kellys pregnancy and her short life.  I am looking forward to holding her on my knee when I get to heaven - I have an inkling in my mind sometimes the blessings God allows in our life are not fully known now but will only be so understood when we get to heaven and see fully Gods plan shown for our lives - so is Bria a part in all of our lives . .. ...   we should all look for those views and wisdom from God when remembering her.

David and Kelly,

We have been praying for you and Briana.  You have our sympathies.  May God sustain you, comfort, and guide you through the coming days.  We will continue to keep you in our prayers.

Carl and Julie Hall

David and Kelly - My sincere condolences on the loss of your precious baby girl.  The Lord needed another angel and called her home.  He will sustain you through this most trying time and I'm sure you know the prayers of your families and friends are being offered for your support.

I can only imagine the pain and hurt you must feel and even then I don't know how you truly feel.  I do know that one day you will see your precious Briana and that she is SAFE IN THE ARMS OF THE GOD!  There is no suffering, sorrow or pain.  May this bring you comfort when your heart aches for her.  I am praying for you and your family.
Kassie Watkins (Gathje)

David and Kelly,
My heart aches in a very big way for the both of you.   Just two years ago, my husband and I lost our precious premature baby boy.   It is a such a sorrowful time for any parent and you have both been heavily in my heart and prayers during this time.   I am praying for God's special comfort and an extra amount of grace to help carry you through these sad and diffucult days.   I pray that you can find some comfort in knowing that you will hold your little one again someday.    

Love and Prayers,
Kristina Winch (Gathje)

David, Kelly and Courtney-

We were sorry to hear about the passing of Bria. Her brief life touched so many, perhaps more than you will ever know.

We continue to upholp you all in prayer that God's grace will be sufficient for you every day. We know that the days ahead will be very difficult.

With love and prayer,
Andy and Karis Gathje and family

Dear David, Kelly And Courtney,I was so very sorry to hear of Briana's Passing. You have been in my thoughts and prayers. I know that your beautiful little girl is now in the tender loving arms of God and that he will take wonderful care of her. I hope that you know that I am here if you need anything, and that you all are in my heart.
God Bless you,
Trina

Kelly, David and Courtney,

I am so sorry to hear about your baby girl.  My heart goes out to all of you during this time of unimaginable sorrow.   Kelly, if you want to talk, I am here for you. As you know, we share the same life altering loss.

My prayers are with you.

Sincerely,

Sheri

I am so very sorry for your loss.  I told Donna also, & since they don't have a computer right now, this message is also from Donna & Sara.  We are all so sorry for your loss.  Our thoughts & prayers are with you & David & the rest of your family.  Love, Dee

Kelly and David,

You probably don't even remember me very well.  I'm your Dad's cousin in Alaska.  I just want to tell you how sorry I am about your loss.  I've been praying for your family ever since Aunt Pat sent out the prayer request several months ago.

The choices you made were faithful choices.  I'm honestly always unsure of the Lord's purpose when bad things happen to His faithful.  We console ourselves with the "there must be a purpose in all of this"...because we faithfully believe that there is.  In the meantime, I can't imagine the hurt and devastation that you all must feel.  Please know that I'll continue to pray for you and David and Courtney.  Now I'll pray for comfort and angels to hold all of you while you deal with the loss of little Briana.

Please pass on my love to your Mom and Dad on the loss of a precious grand daughter.

My love to all of you. 

Lynn

Dearest David, Kelly and Courtney

What a blessing that you had time to love and hold your dear Bria.  May God carry you close in his arms through the days that lie ahead. Trust always in his care.God is always good. II Cor 1:3.

In Christ,

Butch and Kathy Griffin

Dear Kelly , David and Courtney,

We are eternally grateful for the privilege as our hearts were deeply touched by  precious Bria's brief's earthly light.

Her presence  will be permanently engraved in our minds and souls. She is  now perfect in His sight and ours.
We loved her dearly  and heartfelt prayers wanted only God's will for her.  She now rests perfectly  in the Saviour's care.

Only through divine intervention a small gem as she was can generate such love and leave such a significant impact on us and others.  We look forward  to  see her again on that beautiful shore in glory. May HE be truly be magnified.

Psalm 4:8 Psalm 147:3  We will continue to lift you and your family to the Lord for His perfect peace and understanding.

Love in Christ,

The Betancourts

Dearest Abbotts,

Dear Dave ,Kelly and  Kortney.

My heart goes out to all of you in this time of loss.  Please know that God now has her

in his warm embrace and she is doing great.  I will continue to keep you in my prayers. 

God must have needed a new ANGEL BABY.   

In His love :   Micki Channin

We are praying God will comfort you, and give strength to you at this time. Thank you for sharing the pictures of Bria.

God Bless, John and Janet Kokenzie 

Dear David, Kelly, and Courtney,

We hurt with you and are praying for God's grace to continue to be made known and real in your lives. 

Love, Marc and Sue Schulman and family

Dear David, Kelly and Courtney,  We were out of town last week and were so saddened to learn today about little Bria.  Our hearts go out to you.  I'm sure Bria's short life will leave you with a lifetime of special memories.  Thank you for sharing the pictures.  She is a beautiful little angel.  We love you and pray God will comfort and bless you.

  We love you and will keep praying that God will give you strength and soften the pain you are feeling.