Katya with some of the toys from Luba’s orphanage.

We played with the plastic animals. We pretended to fly the battery-operated airplane. We flashed its bright red light and pushed the button, filling the room with jet engine sounds. We lifted the toy high in the air and rushed around the room, always

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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.