[tri-med] Re: Caris Niki Bell

Dear Rory and Kim,

Oh, I am so sorry about your sweet Caris.  I thought about you guys
yesterday and were wondering how you were doing.  In fact, I looked back
through weeks of E mails trying to find your address so we could E mail you.

I know she touched many lives and will continue to do so.  I am so glad you
were able to hold her for a little while.  I would give anything to have
been able to hold Jacob alive for five minutes.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.  If you want to talk about anything,
please E mail us through the list or at LBKUDU@xxxxxxxxxxx

Much love,
Lee & Kerry Billingsley  Courtney (9), Emily (6) and Jacob (T18 Angel
04/26/01)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rory Bell" <rabell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tri-Mosaic" <tri-mosaic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Tri-Med"
<tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:01 PM
Subject: [tri-med] Caris Niki Bell


Dear Friends

Caris was born this afternoon (31 July) at 2:20pm and weighed in at 1.79kg
ad 48cm in length.

As expected, she had massive complications and was fighting for her life
from her first breath. She managed to keep herself going for 4 hours and 35
minutes when she passed away in high-care in the arms of her mommy and
daddy.

She will be sorely missed.

Occasionally when you look into the night skies you see a shooting star.
It's life is short-lived, but the beauty of that one life makes everyone
pause to look and wonder. Caris (whose name means "grace") was one such
life. The length of this mailing list and the number of emails in her own
little folder on my desktop testify to the fact that her life touched the
lives of many and elicited a great deal of prayer and deep reflection on the
really difficult issues of life.

"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be
praised." Job 1:21b

We are grateful to our Heavenly Father for the mercies He has shown us at
this difficult time, not least of all being your love, support and words of
encouragement and earnest prayers on our behalf. We thank Him for each and
every single one of you!

Regards
Rory and Kim


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