The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie
Kim Carpenter, Dana Wilkerson
Language: English
Pages: 208
ISBN: 143367579X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
When she finally awoke, she had no idea who Kim was. With no recollection of their relationship and while Krickitt experienced personality changes common to those who suffer head injuries, Kim realized the woman he had married essentially died in the accident.
And yet, against all odds, but through the common faith in Christ that sustained them, Kim and Krickitt fell in love all over again. Even though Kim stood by Krickitt through the darkest times a husband can ever imagine, he insists, “I’m no hero. I made a vow.”
Now available in trade paper with a new chapter and photo insert, The Vow is the true story that inspired the major motion picture of the same name starring Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), Channing Tatum (Dear John), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), and Academy Award winner Jessica Lange.
would call the hospital to check on Krickitt’s status, and they would catch the first plane out of Phoenix in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day. It could have been two minutes or two hours after talking to Mary that my phone rang again. I answered and heard my father’s voice. “Son, how are you doing?” “I want to see Krickitt, that’s how I am. I can’t breathe and my back is killing me. I have to see her, Dad.” The tears were pricking in the back of my eyes, but I had to keep them under
when I first learned about Jesus while at a friend’s house. When I heard that Christ had died for me so my sins could be forgiven, it was the most awesome news I’d ever heard. I was so excited that I couldn’t wait to get home to tell my parents about it. But when I started telling them what I felt, it didn’t click with them at all. My parents were nominal churchgoers, but I don’t think they had ever felt what I was feeling at that moment. We had never gone to mass regularly, although Grandma
Seattle for a show, some Japanese tourists approached us outside the studio. Apparently our story had gone global; they had seen our story on television in their home country. We also learned that we had been featured on a television show in Germany. We were fortunate to do some television interviews with celebrities we had watched over the years, and we enjoyed meeting them and getting to know them on a more personal level. It was interesting to see what they were like when they weren’t on
us such an amazing opportunity to reach out to others. We continue to speak to others about our experience, and we occasionally get phone calls from someone who has read or heard about our story. From time to time we also get calls from people whose loved ones have been in traumatic events and who need our support and encouragement. Though those moments are hard for us only because I know the horror of what they’re going through, we know that walking with others who are where we once were is a
aunt had compared her to all those years ago. I couldn’t help but watch her as she approached me. “I love you, Kimmer,” she said as she reached me, suddenly uncharacteristically still. “I love you, Krickitt,” I answered. While Krickitt wedged a few more bags into the trunk, I went back for one last look to see if we’d left anything, then locked and closed the door behind me. As I headed to the car, I thought for a few moments about the amazing things God had given me over the past few years,