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

“There’s this kid in Boston—the one we went to have a visitation with. His name is Tony. He’s an awesome little sweetie—and he needs us.”


“Well, he could come here. They do have airplanes, or at least they did the last time I checked.”


“Jack’s parents want us to move there. They’re giving us this big apartment thing they own. And Jack wants to move there. He hates it here. And he never promised to stay in Mississippi forever, so I feel like…”


“Well, baby, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, but I hope you give me some time. Do you know how hard it is to find an interpreter for the deaf in a place like Tupelo, Mississippi? Lord, child, what a nightmare. You’re going to give me time, right?”


“Two weeks? I can’t even get an ad written in that amount of time, much less hire someone.”


“Oh, don’t be sorry, baby. Just give me a month. Two, even!”


Chapter 46