Luba and the toys at her orphanage

We were too anxious to sit. Amy was excited. I was nervous—maybe apprehensive. I didn’t know what I was about to experience. Worse, I didn’t know what I might be about to miss.

With the vigilance of a hawk, Amy watched the doorway while waiting for the baby girl’s grand entrance.

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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.