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 was sorry to hear about your mother passing on,” Mama added.


Amelia frowned at the mention of her mother.


“She would be very proud of you, I’m sure, to see how well you’re doing. And there’s so many people who want to meet you!”


“Oh, of course, dear. There’s your uncle Billy and your aunt Shelly. That’s your father’s brother and his wife. And their kids, of course—Mary and Eli and Josh. Mary’s in Nashville, but she’ll be at the Fourth of July party and you can meet her. Eli and Josh are in college now. My, how they’ve grown. They’re your cousins, you know. And then I was telling some of the ladies at St. Francis about you. They all know Wiley, of course. I’m sure they’d be very pleased to make your acquaintance.”


“I want her to meet Tonya and Keke,” I said.


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