Amy at about the time of the meeting with the social worker.

“Hey, wake-up! You obviously missed it when you met him. Jack has Down syndrome.” (The filter doesn’t always work.) “He’s one of the best things that ever happened to us. It still doesn’t change the fact that it takes a lot more parenting with him. We’re not about to spread ourselves too thin. We have responsibilities to our other children too.”

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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.