LEAD HILL, Ark. -- A young man from northwest Arkansas is mourning the loss of his wife during childbirth.? The tragedy brought much support from family and friends, but Nick Marlowe has also received support from around the world.? It started with a post on Facebook to one of the couple's favorite country artists.
Nick Marlowe and Kristin were not high school sweethearts.?
"I asked her about 30 or 40 times to go on a date with me, and she'd never go with me," Nick said.
Nick finally got that date and then Kristin's hand in marriage.? "They'd always ask us- do you always act like this?? We'd always be laughing and smiling and playing around.? We did; we were just always happy," Nick says.
He remembers the day Kristin revealed some exciting news.? Nick says, "It was the best thing that's ever happened to me, besides meeting her, of course."
The pregnancy was going well.? "Kristin is running at six months pregnant.? She was just so healthy," says Nick.
But the couple rushed to the hospital seven weeks early.? "I was rubbing the back of her neck, just trying to make her comfortable.? Next thing I know, the vitals drop, and they're rushing her out," Nick says.
Doctors took their baby by emergency c-section as Kristin slipped away.? She had suffered a stroke.
As grief began sinking in, Nick turned on his favorite Pandora station, and for the first time, heard Jake Owen's, Anything For You.? "I'll give my heart and my soul. There's no fire I wouldn't walk through.? I'll do anything for you," are just part of the song's lyrics.? "I really would have.? I would have given anything, anything for her to be here," Nick says.
The song prompted Nick to post this message on Jake Owen's Facebook page:
Jake Owen, who's also about to be a father, shared the post on Twitter, and mentioned Nick in his video chat.? "It absolutely ripped me up when I saw that, knowing what I'm going through right now with my wife," Jake said.? "Please, like just say a prayer for him."
Nick and Kristin's story has spanned the globe. "People from everywhere.? I've been getting letters and packages and e-mails, phone calls from people across the world," Nick says.
It's given Nick a chance to share Kristin's story. "That's all I really want.? I just want everybody to know that you've got to be grateful for the things that God gives you.? It's a gift.? You never know when something like this can happen," Nick says.? "It's easy to get complacent with life and forget about what's important."
While he's lost one beautiful gift, Nick is now holding on to another.? Nick says, "I was actually talking to my son, and just telling him, mama loves you and she's looking down on you.? As soon as I said that, that was the first time I'd ever seen him smile."
Baby Trennon is steadily gaining weight and doing well.? Even more good has come from the tragedy; Kristin was an organ donor, saving five lives, and at her funeral, Nick says three people came forward to accept the Lord.
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