Luba and the toy airplane (used symbolically in the book)

Soon Amy and I joined the fun and sprawled out on the floor with the children. We played with the toys we could get to. We played patty-cake. Amy and Luba rocked dolls to sleep and put them to bed. I knew how to play with little boys so Sergei and I pushed a truck around the room and filled the air with a growling engine and high pitched beeps when the truck backed up. The little boy looked at me strangely when I did that.

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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.