Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". They took us down a flight and into a room. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. Book's We Love returns with 400+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. And I will never forget that our oldest daughter, Elise she just reached out with her little hand, with a kind of tenderness you usually don't see in 5-year-olds, and she said, 'It doesn't matter.' Simon has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times of London, The Guardian, and Gourmet among other publications, and won a James Beard Award for his story, "Conflict Cuisine" in Gourmet. He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. It's a huge part of his life. Those clothes! He is the award-winning host of Weekend Edition Saturday. "Complete rapture. ''We both felt it, and we acted on it.''. "[18] Journalist Jon Schwarz from The Intercept criticized Simon on Twitter, referencing his comments on Fahrenheit 9/11 to accuse his journalism of allocating excessive benefit of the doubt to the U.S. ", Over careful conversation between stops, we began to make some fair assumptions about the meandering paths of hope, frustration, and paperwork that all of us had navigated to get here. . ''He always knows how to make an entrance,'' Ms. Lyden said. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. So why did you go overseas? That said, Simon says he wants to help potential parents to see the natural beauty in adoption. Are they healthy? Simon is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? But, I am told, so does childbirth. And finally, pink socks that had been tucked beneath red socks: as tiny and dear as a kitten's paws. January 7, 2023 In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. ''Unlike so many people, men especially, Scott sees that whimsy is a necessary part of life. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny." And then, as we laughed, cried, and hugged her even more fiercely, Feng Jia-Mei opened her small robin's mouth and burped up a geyser of phlegm, fear, and breakfast. Laurie Halse Anderson just called the book, "Amazing. "Now, we couldn't have cared less, but what we didn't want was them coming back in a couple of hours and saying, 'Oh, there's been some terrible mistake. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. Well, he had seen that several hundred times before. As narrated by Simon, Cosby refused to comment, only shaking his head no when prompted. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. He's using his platform to galvanize investments in clean energy, but is also backing fossil fuels. We also know that the hardest parts are still ahead. I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. "A sad day," sighed Julie from Utah, while the cityscape of Nanchang, China, slabs of brown and gray with wet laundry flapping, rolled by our windows. We looked at the women in the smocks and then realized -- they held our children in their arms. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! Simon says moments like these have made him extremely glad he became a father -- and that the process of adopting his daughters has changed his life. January 14, 2023 Both the former and current presidents are under scrutiny now that a special counsel is investigating classified documents found at President Biden's home and former office. Simon graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in 1970. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. 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This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important. Carlos Lozado of the Washington Post called it, in a rave review, a book that easily matches its title.. "A sad day," sighed Julie from Utah, while the cityscape of Nanchang, China, slabs of brown and gray with wet laundry flapping, rolled by our windows. "We tell her, 'Your mother loved you and she wanted to take care of you for the rest of your life and she wanted to be a mother to you but she just couldn't,' " Simon says. In July, she moved into his apartment at the Watergate in Washington. ''She has a very quick and a wide-ranging, probing, searching mind,'' he said. "The instinct to adopt -- to take children into our lives -- is, I think, practically as old as childbirth.". 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Every second, Whitepages helps 19 people do reverse phone lookups , find people, and get background reports, including public records, in order to make smarter, safer decisions. We ate and talked and tried to amuse, divert, and win over our daughter with songs, food, and funny voices, leaving her sullen and unmoved, all the while asking ourselves, "What have we done? At the end of the interview, Simon offered Cosby an opportunity to comment on the accusations of sexual assault against him. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. [28], Jack Brickhouse, a Chicago broadcaster (19161998), is Simon's godfather, whom he refers to as an uncle. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. He explains that the adoption process in the United States is particularly taxing and can discourage many potential parents. Courtesy of Scott Simon For Simon, the vignette is proof of. While I talked to Caroline, I had to hold a cold compress on my head, alternating between my right hand and my left.''. We had endured three days of what we had come to call "adopto-tourism" together ("You will now visit the Pearl Museum and Gift Shop! Last Sunday, they were married in a Methodist, Quaker, Jewish service in Ridgefield, Conn., at the home of Alexander Julian, the men's wear designer, a family friend of the bride. Her age is 69. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Simon says the decision to adopt changed his life -- but it wasn't easy. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." I was hooked; and stayed on to hear the effervescence of Susan Stamberg on All Things Considered, the rock-steadiness of Bob Edwards and the sharp insights of Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg and Cokie Roberts, at a time when the voices of women in the news business were scarce. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. ''It is always interesting to pay a visit to it. January 14, 2023 In a state notorious for rough and tumble politics, Jesse White has had lasting appeal. Courtesy of Scott Simon '', She went to the University of California at Berkeley, studied international politics in Paris and wound up in New York at Gabriel Films, which specializes in prison documentaries. She inhaled a soft egg custard and plain white rice and stopped crying for a few moments, sobbing being hard to do while you are swallowing (though she tried, she tried). hide caption. "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. "You should go downstairs," Shigu advised. Sports Illustrated called his book Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan "extraordinaryuniformly superba memoir of such breadth and reach that it compares favorably with Fredrick Exley's A Fan's Notes." ''She goes over our heads a lot.''. Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. We sure need them.". Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. forces. They were having as much fun as we were. Looking back, the transition is very quick. What were we thinking? ". They smiled back wanly. Are they healthy? Caroline is a resident of 606 Tunbridge Rd, Balt, MD. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. A tiny white T-shirt. For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. [1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. Then, in April, Caroline Richard, 33, visited NPR to talk about a documentary film she was working on. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. Not much of whatever it was. 'Meant For Each Other': Scott Simon's Adoption Story, The Joys And Struggles Of International Adoption. Here is her phone number (410) 323-1173 (Verizon Maryland, Inc). He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. The drinks flashed through us like tap water. We told people that the look of surprise in her eyes was because she had just read our dossier and said, "I thought you said that I was going to first-rate people!". What were we thinking? We saw Elise. She grew up in San Francisco in a household of European tradition. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon asks De'Shawn Charles Winslow about his new novel "Decent People," which is set in the same fictional North Carolina town as his widely praised debut. There are already children in this world who need us right now. "And what do you do? Breathtaking. House Republicans say they'll use the negotiations to win concessions on government spending. As I say that, I have just delivered the eulogy at Dan Schorr's funeral and he was even older when he became a father and he was told the same thing and he lived to the age of almost 94. Well, he had seen that several hundred times before. From the Feng township. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. "I have never loved a human being or a human moment more," he says. You know, you hear stories. We checked cameras and cell phones. [20], Simon is a laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, receiving the state's highest honor, the Order of Lincoln from the Governor of Illinois in 2016 in the field of Business, Industry & Communications. Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois, Remarks on Accepting The Order of Lincoln. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. I think I'm a much better father than I would have been when I was younger and I think everyone who knows me would probably agree.". Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition, remembers the moment he and his wife decided to adopt. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. At the age of 50, NPR has a renewed sense of purpose: to appeal to and sometimes challenge an audience that is more diverse in all ways, and help reach across some of those divides. She was introduced to Mr. Simon, who liked her right away. Aren't they impossible? In his new book, Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, Simon shares the journey -- from struggling to conceive, to deciding to adopt, to traveling halfway around the world -- that ended with him and his wife, Caroline, adopting two little girls from China. The only world they've known is behind them -- and the idea of another change just when they were getting comfortable in a world they knew, in an orphanage -- the idea of change is obviously obnoxious. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. "How much did they cost? 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He has received numerous honorary degrees. THE host of ''Weekend Edition With Scott Simon'' on National Public Radio has a voice that's just right for reading a bedtime story to a child. Caroline A Simon, 32. I've interviewed all three astronauts who flew on the first mission to the moon, and profiled three people who've been made saints, including Mother Teresa. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. He was also known as a longtime and not unhappy bachelor. They inspired his New York Times bestseller book Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, and Mexican cooking and bleeding for the Chicago Cubs. He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and outside) and appeared as Mother Ginger in the Ballet Austin production of The Nutcracker. 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