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

“Goodbye, Amelia,” Ruby said, crouching down to give Amelia a final looking over. She adjusted Amelia’s winter coat, buttoned the top button. “It’s killer cold out there. You’ve got your gloves?”


“I’ll be visiting soon,” Ruby promised. “Next time I see you, you’ll be back in school, I’ll bet.”


Amelia bit at her lip.58: There Are Rules


“How do you like your room?” Jackson asked as we carried up the last of her suitcases.


She looked around, frowned, did not answer.


“You don’t like it?” Jackson said, worry in his voice.


“We’ll go shopping this weekend. I thought I’d let you pick out a bedspread. I wanted to be sure it was something you liked. Maybe something with a princess on it?”


“A princess?” she said, incredulous.


“You don’t like princesses?” Jackson asked.


“Well, it’s a good thing I decided to wait and let you pick it out yourself. No telling what kind of nonsense you might have to put with if you let me do it.”


Chapter 65