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

“Amelia, maybe you and I should go skinny-dipping,” Mrs. Ledbetter said, a twinkle in her eyes.


“You can’t do that,” Mama said, horrified.


“Mrs. Cantrell, I know you’re a very conservative person, but you know, once in a while, you have to let your hair down. Smoke a little dope or something. Get your tits out. Life is short.”


Mama opened her mouth to reply, but no words came out.


“Come now, Mrs. Cantrell, it’s not as bad as all that,” Mrs. Ledbetter added. “Stephen and I were—how should I put it?—very adventurousin our day. I remember we went camping in the Pyrenees. Ever been there?”


“The Pyrenees. In France. Mountains, dear. We had just married, and we were in this little tent on the edge of a small lake, and we had a bonfire going, and we sat there all evening, completely nude.”


“Oh, heavens!” Mama exclaimed, lowering her eyes and blushing.


Chapter 109