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

“I like your hair,” she admitted. “You look like Willie Nelson.”


“You mean I look like some old pothead from Texas?”


“Is there something wrong with old potheads from Texas?”


“Couldn’t have said it better myself, pumpkin. I think you and me are going to be friends.”


“It’s you and I. Don’t you know anything about grammar? And you’re a writer? Please!”


“Is Mr. Jack all right? He seems kind of quiet.”


“He’s okay,” I said. “He’s still upset about his dad, and he will be for a while. He’s not very good at sharing his emotions with other people. He sort of keeps everything to himself. But he’s okay. Why don’t you ask him yourself?”


“Why would he get mad? You’re his daughter now. He’d be happy to know you were worried about him.”


“I’m not worried. I’m just…I don’t know. Is he going to feel better soon?”


Chapter 91