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…
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Russian Adoption
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…
After Seven Years in Different Orphanages, They Came Back Together in Adoption
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! One of my favorite photos of my daughters Emily was seven and Annie…
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…
Holding Hands, They Walked out of One World and Into Another
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! My girls, holding hands. Some things never change This is what I saw…
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…
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…
Children Available for Adoption: Behind Magic Doors
There are children available for adoption. They probably aren't where you're looking, unless you happen to be looking behind magic doors. I spend a lot of time in the online adoption community…
Natasha's Parents Cared for Me
Emily with her grandmother, my mother, Sharen SImmons In the orphinige people been mean to me. But girl, Natasha, she very nice. Her parents let me stay her house over night like Friday…
The n Word: He Might Have Lambasted her. Instead, he Welcomed her to America
I was exhausted as we landed in New York. It had been almost a month long trip to Russia, dealing with Soviet style bureaucracy, when we finally succeeded with the adoption. I was bringing home…
Why I Didn’t Keep Rules
Emily at our hotel, several days before we left Far East, Russia When I was in Russian orphanage, I never keep rules because the rules were unjust. The orphanage engage in all…