John Simmons GooglePlus Hangout at Huffington Post

For the first time ever, main stream stores are advertising that they will be opening their doors to begin the Christmas shopping blitz on Thanksgiving Day. Host, Nancy Redd, Donna Labermeier (author of The Healers), Eugene Halton (Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame), and I talked together on Huffington Post Live about losing the spirit of Thanksgiving.

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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.