Saturday, October 08, 2005


I just want to take a few minutes to show everyone what happened and how. Please don't think me as being morbid but this is one of the ways I am processing this whole thing. I will be taking all of these posts down soon. I don't think Mandy is ready to relive this just yet but I want everyone else to get a clear picture of how God saved my wife. Truly he has a purpose for her and he is saving her so that he can use her for his will. Just past the pole in the center of the picture is where Mandy and the mower slipped off of the hill. I was about 10 feet to the right of the right edge of the photo when I saw her fall. You can see the distance that she and the mower traveled as they made 1 and 1/2 flips sideways. The grass chute on the right hand side of the mower landed on her outstretched right arm on the first half flip, doing the damage. I don't believe that she ever let go with her left arm which explains why she followed the mower for the rest of the rotation and landed underneath the mower yet still in the seat. She amazingly survived all of this without losing conciousness and was able to walk with me down the driveway and up the steps to her Grandmothers porch (on the house in the picture) within seconds of the accident. She is truly an amazing woman. Thank you all for your prayers. Please send Mandy cards if you can, they have been the highlight of each day. Tears of joy are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen on Mandy's face.Thank you all. Posted by Picasa

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Chris for sharing all of this stuff with everyone. I know that talking about it is helping you, but it also helps the others of us who love you and Mandy too. Thank you for letting us be here to help you guys through some of this journey.~courtney
did that make any sense?

Anonymous said...

Chris,
Could you give us an address to send Mandy a card? If you don't want to post that --my email is rsvp13@hotmail.com. Mandy is fortunate to have fared as well as she did!! Thanks for the pics so we can see and understand. Many prayers are with yall..Auntie Sunshine