My guest today is author Brooke Cox, and if you leave a comment below, with your email address spelled out, & you share this blog story on social media, your name will be entered in a draw for a paper-back copy of Brooke's book, a YA mystery for all ages, Deadly Doll.
I WAS TOTALLY BLINDEDSIDED by Brooke Cox.
A girl I
worked with drove me to the crash site. We arrived there right after the
ambulance had left. The state trooper said Tim’s injuries were not life
threatening. That could mean anything and I imagined the worst, but when we got
to the ER, he was laying on a bed in a neck brace. All he had were a few broken
ribs in his upper left shoulder. I thought that was amazing until he told me
something even more so.
When he had
his wreck, two volunteer rescue workers were in the car behind him. The one who
came to his door asked Tim if he knew his bible was lying on his leg. When Tim
looked down, it was lying open as if he had been reading it. Now, I had gotten
Tim that bible for Christmas. He kept it under his arm rest and would read it
before he went into work.
But what got
me was the fact that he was hit from the left. Everything else he had in the
truck flew right, but the bible went left and landed open on his leg. After a
couple of days, we went to the garage to get the rest of Tim’s stuff out of the
truck. I made sure to look at the front seat. The arm rest was elevated and
tilted to the right. That’s when I realized what had happened. At the moment of
impact, the top of the arm rest flew up and the bible was thrown straight up. As
it was up in the air, Tim was shoved under it. But why did it land open instead of bouncing off his leg?
It really was as if it was intentionally laid there. I asked him what part of
the bible it was open to. He doesn’t remember. The volunteer who helped Tim
held it for him as they cut him out of the truck and he put it in the ambulance
with Tim.
I believe
God did intentionally lay that bible there as a way of showing us that He had His
hand on that situation. He is always with us and in control in all
circumstances.
Here is Brooke's Book Deadly Doll.
Adventurous twelve-year old Brooksie discovered a hidden room in her grandparent’s attic. She opened up an old hat box and found her mother’s favorite childhood doll wrapped up inside. Brooksie’s great-grandfather sent it from Alaska and it was believed to have burned in the trash pile years ago. After showing it to her father, he takes it from her. A few days later he was murdered and the doll becomes a faded memory until it reappeared six years later after a freak accident. What was it about the doll that people kept hiding it? Could finding the doll have played a part in her dad’s murder? If the doll had remained hidden would he still be alive? Brooksie and her best friend Darlene delve deep into the doll mystery which has them learning about a past that Brooksie never knew existed. Along the way, Brooksie’s thirst for adventure and acceptance has the girls stumbling on the edge of danger. What shocking family secrets might she find and could they change her life? Will she finally understand why God made her so different from the rest of her family and will it draw her closer to Him? Can Brooksie finally accept who she is?
You can find Brooke Cox's book Deadly Doll at Amazon.com
Read more about Brooke on groovybrookise.blogspot.com and myskinnedknees.blogspot.
Brooke can also be found on Facebook as Brooke Cox and on Linked-in.
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