Where the Crosses Grow: Will's Adventure

By Kimberly Toohey and Stephanie Sunderman

Seek and you shall find,
the answers as you go.
They mark the special path
to Where the Crosses Grow…

Could the key to Will's safe return be hidden within the rest of this family poem?

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667871745

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Copyright © 2022 by Stephanie Sunderman, Kimberly Toohey

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ISBN: 978-1-66787-173-8 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-66787-174-5 (eBook)

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First Edition

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Epilogue

Introduction

Where the Crosses Grow

You’ll see them high on hillsides,

or sometimes lying low,

always be on the lookout

for where the crosses grow.

They serve as important reminders

of things we should and shouldn’t do;

a compass for our journey,

a guide to keep us true.

Seek and you shall find

the answers as you go.

They mark the special path

to where the crosses grow.

Some may be forged in metal

or carved from wood or stone;

Placed near heart or hand

to remember we’re not alone.

When life gets tricky and you get tired,

when you’ve lost your way or feel uninspired;

Don’t lose faith, don’t fall apart—

just close your eyes and open your heart…

Chapter 1

Will was like most ten-year-old boys. He had a nose for adventure and all things associated with the great outdoors. If his parents allowed him, he would spend every summer night camping in his tent out in the backyard. He also loved his family and his friends and had a pet hamster named Socrates. He preferred science to history and math over English, and he never met a book he didn’t like.

Will thanked God every night for the blessings in his life. As for all the things he didn’t quite understand yet, well he thanked God for those things too. Take his older sister, Lindsay, for example. She used to be the best big sister in the world until she became a teenager. Ever since her thirteenth birthday, she rarely included him in anything and had become so unpredictable. Her moods went from secretive and grumpy by day to squealing and giggling by night. Will found this to be difficult to understand and downright confusing. She no longer had time for him, but seemed to have plenty of time for make-up, fashion, and boys. Will knew he had three years before he’d be a teenager too. As for now, he was ten, and that felt pretty darn great to him!

Chapter 2

On a warm August night, Will enjoyed a second helping of his mom’s mac and cheese. He was just about to head out for another backyard campout when his parents stopped him. Before he could even ask why, his mom explained that he would need