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

He glanced over his shoulder again, looking at me.


I smiled my proud smile to show him I was pleased with him.


He turned back, squared his shoulders, and shyly stuck out his hand for the principal, who shook it. Then he turned back to me, beaming. Instead of returning to his seat like the other students, he came running down the center aisle in my direction and threw himself into my arms.


“Uuuuh!” he grunted happily, turning to show his certificate to Jackson.


“He reminds me of Noah,” Mama said softly as she watched us.


“He does,” I agreed. “But he’s not Noah. He’s a whole new disaster all by himself.”


“He’s not a disaster,” Mama said.


“We’re all disasters, Mama. Didn’t you know that?”


“Oh, you!” she said, cuffing me on the arm.103: I Saw Him


Don’t call me mister,I replied, tucking Tony into bed that night. I’m your daddy now. Call me Daddy.


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