Color in the dead of winter

Chapter 13

Troubled Mind

I waited under a winter-dead cottonwood tree near the portal to other dimensions. A few feet away stood the unassuming door that emptied into lands of fantasy and wealth. The colorless brown bricks of Marina-Grigorievna’s office did not stand out against the monochrome bare trees, angry gray skies, and shifting, shadowy snow.

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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.