Years have gone by since the death of Noah his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband Jackson try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.<br><br>Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available -- the daughter Jackson always wanted.<br><br>With two children on their hands, life is complicated -- wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia ... and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

Go Tell It on the Mountains

“Just say you’ll think about it,” he pleaded.


“I’d have to quit my job with the City of Tupelo. Do you know how long it took me to get a decent job?”


“You could be an interpreter for the deaf here. And there’s a lot more jobs here, a lot more opportunities. You could probably get a job at any of the major hospitals.”


“But what about insurance? Tony’s going to need insurance—we’ll never be able to pay for all of his treatment. Those drugs alone are like ten thousand dollars a month or some other frickin’ outrageous amount.”


“Tony has Medicaid. We’ll have to cover some of the costs, but for the most part, he’s taken care of. And we’ll also receive a stipend for his care. It won’t be much, and certainly not for Boston, but you don’t have to worry about insurance. And if you had done your homework the way I did, you’d know the benefits he’ll receive here are a lot better than what he’d get if we stayed in Mississippi.”


Chapter 29