Simmons Family as we began to work on adopting the girls

To Sing Frogs

“…for strange effects and extraordinary combinations, we must go to life itself,
which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Prologue

A Dose of Reality

“That’s enough, Sarah! Someday you’re going to have to accept the fact that the world is a bad place. Bad things happen. I’m sorry but feelings don’t change reality.”

Sarah Katerina already knew there was bad in the world. Actually, she had far more reason to accept that fact than I did. Reality was knocking at the door. The time had come for my daughter to remember—life is more than a fairytale.

Tears streamed down her face and her heavily accented voice shook as she continued. “When will I see her again?”

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About the Author

John M. Simmons is an adoption advocate and author of the award-winning novels The Marvelous Journey Home and To Sing Frogs. John performs television and radio interviews and writes editorials to share his experience with special needs and international adoption. He appears at book clubs, and is a frequent guest speaker for various groups to increase adoption awareness. He and his wife have three biological sons and six adopted children.