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

“You mean, like a stay-at-home dad?” I asked, snuggling up behind him for warmth.


“Yeah. You know. A dad who stays home and takes care of the kids.”


“I’ve never been a stay-at-home anything, and I don’t plan on starting now. Why don’t you stay home and take care of the kids?”


“Because I’m not a writer with an office upstairs, and I’m not as good with the kids as you are.”


“I’ll bet you say that to all your husbands.”


“Thank you! We’ve got bills to pay, you know.”


“We’re doing fine, and I think it would be great for the kids if you were around. Just for a while. Get them started with school and stuff. Provide a little stability.”


“Taking care of kids is not a real job? God, you’re starting to sound like my dad. I thought you were a communist.”


Chapter 70