Beverly Jamar

Bridges to Cross Beverly Jamar

Bridges To Cross follows key individuals through a number of tragedies and challenges, raising questions about spirit, substance, and identity. Bridges open with a situation between Bobbie and William Cross, particularly the close relationship that William shares with their daughter, Ashlee. Tragedy comes into their lives when William is killed in a car accident, and both Bobbie and Ashlee are left to deal with their grief. Bobbie is resentful toward God, mostly because her husband's death comes at a time when she is just beginning to become more spiritually aware, but Ashlee's pain seems channeled into a more positive direction. Later in the story Ashlee is attacked and left in a semi-comatose state. Bobbie is terrified at the prospect of losing her daughter as well as her husband. Ashlee has a cathartic moment when she encounters the spirit of her departed father. Ashlee learns that it is not her time to die yet and she returns to her loved ones to continue on in her life, despite the hurt that has come her way.