Empathy is Probably not What you Think it is.
I had always understood empathy to be trying to imagine myself in someone else’s shoes, and then trying to understand how it would feel. I got it half right. Empathy was the greatest…
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International Adoption
My Lydia
Emily telling Lydia goodbye My family came to visit me then I was in the orphinige. Also after when I was adopted I spent time with my sister Annie and my…
Russian Orphans: The Moisieva Koshkina Family
The Moiseyeva/Koshkina family lived in half of this duplex in Fralovka, Russia. This is where Maria Anatolievna Moiseyeva and Vitaly Anatolievich Moiseyev were born. Recently we changed things in this document to…
Survivor Syndrome and Children Adopted From Orphanages
Survivor Syndrome has been rough on my daughter. Sarah had been home from Russia for five years when we met with her friends, in Spain. Those three girls were part of the…
Orphan Advocacy: One Less Orphan to Worry About
Orphan advocacy takes up a large part of my life, now. Consequently, I was unexpectedly shaken by a notification of the death of someone I never met. She wasn’t a mover or a shaker.…
My Grandparents
First time I meet Grandpa and Grandma in Russia. I love my Grandpa and Grandma. I went with them a movie, take pictures. My grandpa have a stroke and after, he…
Finding Faith: Why Does God Care?
Finding Faith Finding faith, for me, never comes easy. Maybe it's true… things are always in the last place you look. While I was raised in an active Christian home and…
The Camp in Arizona
Emily and her new dad, John Simmons I went to camp in Arizona and I cook lots of food. I was making pizza, crab and we have a fire and make…
Just Like in Russia, Still Holding Hands
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! It warmed my heart to watch history repeat itself With the difficulties that…
Four Russian Girls
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! Emily, Sasha, Annie and Anya Anya was the adoption coordinator from Vladivostok, who…
One of our Family Builders
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! Anya was our Adoption Coordinator in Vladivostok Now she lives with her daughter,…
Firsts
Emily playing soccer on the beach in Vladivostok with her dad, John, and her sister, Annie . First time I went to restaurant and make me so happy. Also I got…