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Thanks Mike!

Thanks for the reviews. It means a lot to me. I did leave a few open ends in this chapter with many different ways the story could go. Hopefully, everything will work out for all concerned. Again, thank you!

Chapter 20 Foggy Days When he reached the top of the hill, which took a lot longer than he had thought it would, JT realized he was a long ways from home. Pine Hills was already a good ways from anywhere, now he was truly in the middle of nowhere. He decided to try and find shelter for the night and begin his journey at sun rise, the next morning. He took a north-eastern direction and stayed as near to the top of the ridge as the terrain allowed. After hiking for about thirty minutes, he

I really like this story. I feel like there's so much you could add to it with your talent. Maybe one day you will?

I couldn't agree more!

Hi Ryan! Thank you for taking the time to write your thoughts about the story. Time will tell how the story will unfold. Cody may become more important in another story that may spring off of this one. We'll see. Again, thanks Ryan!

Thank you Lisa, I love your reviews The next chapter will shed some light on JT's situation. I'm still deciding how far I will go with the character of Cody. Time will tell. Again, Thanks for your awesome review!

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Excellent start Louis. So full of emotions, both high and low. It's a terrible time you're writing about, so many innocent lives... I look forward to reading more!

Thank You Lin for leaving a review and your kind words. How and why JT escaped his situation will become clearer in the coming chapters. Leukemia strikes way too many kids every year. Thankfully, the success rate in treating leukemia is now very high in most cases. When Danny Thomas help start St. Jude's Hospital, hope for these kids to have a long and normal life was pretty low. Now 80-90% live long and productive lives, but there is still that 10-20% I pray for everyday. I have a feeling that Andy, with the love and support of family and friends, and with his faith in the creator, will find that this is one of those bad things that happens so good things can come to fruition.

Thanks Mike! I promise to try and write faster. It just all depends on things I have little control over, but I promise to do my best!

Yes. it seems a little too easy. We'll see why. I'm hoping to develop Cody's character a little in this story to be used more in another story. Time will tell. Andy has his trials and tribulations to overcome, how and how difficult it will be remains to be seen. Thanks Benji for an awesome review!

Chapter 19 Changes After cuddling for thirty minutes by the dying campfire, both Joey and I were starting to fall asleep. The night had been draining emotionally, and the closeness, the intimacy of the cuddling made me at least, if not Joey, too, feel safe and secure. Safe enough to fall asleep out in the open with all of God's creatures, rattlesnakes included. Okay, on second thought, maybe not the rattlesnakes, mountain lions, or the bears. Even though I was barely awake, upon reflection,

"2) Beta- Been working with some talented authors lately. I am not sure when they plan to begin publishing their latest stuff but Billy Brat, Sid Love, and Andy all have some really interesting stuff heading out soon" Thanks for the plug Wayne. You're an awesome beta reader, at least for me. I know you have a lot of work when it comes time to look over my offerings. So, let me just publicly say THANK YOU for all you do for me. As for when my next chapter will be published, it depends. Hopefully, this coming week.

Loyal readers are a precious gift that can’t be bought or sold. As an author their value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love, trust, and respect of loyal readers. I, like a lot of others around the net, love and respect your work. Hang in there and that jerk will fade back to where he came. However, I bet it felt awesome to get it off your chest

Sounds more like a jealous bf or gf to me. You're wonderful person and never forget it!

The last thing I claim to be is an author. The last place I probably should be posting is on this topic, since I have no claim to fame. At this late hour, when God knows I need more sleep and rest for whatever lays ahead, here I am thinking I am so glad there is a place like GA that offers a place for me to offer my soul to other people in a small, clumsy, uncultured, and perhaps boorish attempt to leave something behind when I'm gone. I have no problems with anyone leaving a review that is friendly and helpful. I really don't mind someone disliking my work, or attempt at work. When I find a story I don't like, and there are many, I stop reading and move on. When I find a story that is good, but has problems, I usually suggests the author find a good editor and/or beta depending on the problem I think I see, especially with a new author learning as I am to write "QUALITY" work. Besides, as it has been pointed out, very few, if any of us, make a dime on anything we post here. My opinion is, if you don't like the damn story, stop reading it and move on. Jeepers, creepers, who here makes a living writing reviews for any of the major newspapers in this country? We all make mistakes and none of us have an army of editors to make sure there are NO mistakes. I've only had one review that ticked me off and they were trying to demand which way the plot should go. I felt like if they wanted the story go in a particular direction, they should be writing their own story. But that's me. I have gladly and without reservation written reviews to encourage the author to continue their work, and I will continue to do so in the future. I have also written reviews and clicked "Liked It" on several quality stories found on GA. In fact, I think GA has the most quality stories of ANY site found on the internet, paid sites or otherwise. Therefore, I find myself asking, why can't GA be both a community where both good quality authors can be found AND be a community where new, young or old, and uncouth writers can be nurtured and respectfully given the time and experience to become another good quality author to add to the community? I think both can and have been flourishing here in the limited time I've been here. I've said more than I should, and I apologize to anyone I've offended. I'm just really glad I found GA and I can't expressed enough what it has meant to me. With the system as it is now, anyone can review however they want to, and I can live with that. However, I see no reason to write a review that discourages a first time author. Just saying.

This is an awesome start to your story. I'm looking forward to reading the whole thing.

I'm really enjoying this story.

I really like this story. Thanks for sharing.

I have to agree with ALL the good comments Wayne.

Awesome start to the story. You're really good Wayne!

I will be editing Trials and Tribulations in the coming days to make it a better read and cut out the mistakes. So if you have me tagged, please forgive the e-mails letting you know I've made updates and changes. There shouldn't be a lot of corrections, but there are some. So, please forgive

As some wise man once told me, do what you got to do and the rest will take care of itself

I don't mind saying that there have been times with a couple members I have felt unwelcome, but that's life. There will never been a time when everyone will like me or want me around. However, I have never felt unwelcome by everyone in chat and I have no problem whatsoever at ignoring those that clearly didn't want me there. It's been my experience that a large majority of chatter on GA are awesome people that I would have as friends offline. SO, I say hang in there, go back to chat and meet the really good people there, because they are there, trust me. On the larger issue that you brought up, I agree 100% Gays are less tolerant towards other gays and that confuses the hell out of me. However, from talking to older guys with a lot more experience than myself, we tend to grow out of it and become more tolerant of others. Maybe I'm wrong, because I have very little experience with other gays, except for online. But every single point you made in your first post that start this topic, I have seen online almost daily, for sure, weekly. I just hope that there will come a day where everyone can respect everyone else. And one of the great things about GA is, almost everyone here does, except for in the soapbox, a place I have no intentions of interacting. So, like I said, hang in there, because there are some really super people here to meet and make friends with.