Scott Simon, the host of NPR's Weekend Edition, became a father for the first time at the age of 50, when he and his wife, Caroline, adopted the first of their two daughters from China. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. How? She put her into my wife's arms. "Feng Jia-Mei?" Her eyes were dull, defiant, and blistering. Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. "I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. We checked cameras and cell phones. There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. He received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as "consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging." 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. 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). As Mr. Simon arrived, he hit his head on the taxi door and walked into the party bleeding. They took us down a flight and into a room. Our baby was famished. 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. So: this is where we are going to become parents. In July, she moved into his apartment at the Watergate in Washington. . 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." While I talked to Caroline, I had to hold a cold compress on my head, alternating between my right hand and my left.''. Four pairs of pants, white, black, gray, and pink, each with a cunning little slit in the backside (among the greatest Chinese inventions since the compass and printing). Feng Jia-Mei, Jia-Mei. Today, you can get whatever news you want to hear, on platforms that place audiences into different foxholes of opinion, where they can dig in against any idea they don't like. January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. Related To Jacqueline Simon, Kristen Simon, Charles Simon. Tomorrow, the Silk Museumand Gift Shop! He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Now I have to let her go the same way", read one tweet. 2023 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association. For Simon, the vignette is proof of the power of suggestion -- but that's a subtlety his daughters aren't yet aware of. She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. ("Pregnant! He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. I have been with the place long enough to understand why all those great talents sometimes grimace to be told, "I've listened to you since I was in the backseat of my parents' car.". Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. We made copies of the photos, slipped them into our wallets, sent them around to friends and families, and doled them out like business cards, often to total strangers. ''My mother, who is French, made all of our clothes, and we wore braids and clogs,'' she said. On the initial reaction of his daughter Elise upon meeting her new parents in China, "We were feeding her, holding her. Anyone can read what you share. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. Monday, May 3, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air original broadcast. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. Those clothes! So: this is where we are going to become parents. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. Yet Mr. Simon's observations and questions never put you to sleep, whether he is reporting on Al Gore, a hospital in Kosovo, surfing or the death of his cat. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. 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. "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. He was also known as a longtime and not unhappy bachelor. '', Like Mr. Simon, Ms. Richard loves Coney Island, Graham Greene novels and riding the subway for whole weekend afternoons. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Then the Great Wall and Gift Shop! Something in her face, and in her tiny, tender shoulders, seemed to call out. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved. always gripping, always tender, and often painfully funny. The woman in the white smock looked down at a tag -- as if checking the size -- and smiled. Since 1985, I've had the blessing to get together with you most every Saturday, for what I've grown to see as a weekly road trip through hearts and minds, and, expressions of joy. Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. NPR turned 50 this week. Pouty little mouth, tiny, endearing little downy baby duck's head, fuzzy patch of hair, and amazed eyebrows, crying, steaming, red-faced, and bundled into a small, puffy pink coat. Her age is 69. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. But we cannot imagine anything more remarkable and marvelous than having a stranger put into your arms who becomes, in minutes, your flesh, your blood: your life. Richard Drew/AP He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) AGE 60s AGE 60s Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Phone NumberAddressBackground Report Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Addresses Tunbridge Rd Baltimore, MD Indigo Ct Forest Hill, MD Daisy Dr Egg Harbor Township, NJ Relatives "There is no way that we're going to spare them the sting and the hurt of feeling that at some point there was someone who gave them up," he says. [But] the initial reaction is there's no Hallmark card moment when your little girl is put into your arms. How? A tiny white T-shirt. She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. But wizardry does not always deliver. . Today, you can get whatever news you want to hear, on platforms that place audiences into different foxholes of opinion, where they can dig in against any idea they don't like. But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. [12], In May 2010, he was conferred Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Willamette University, where he was that year's commencement speaker. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny." He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. We explore these changes and what role the network. For one reason or another, the traditional result was not achieved. What does this mean? What were we thinking? Breathtaking. Today, the initials NPR mean something special to tens of millions of Americans for whom we provide not only the news, music and entertainment, but a life's companion. Reporter for @RollCall/@CQNow covering immigration policy. Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot, SJ chef Joe Brown spills the recipes and stories in his book 'Melange', Eagles can accomplish this first against a familiar foe in playoffs, Georgia football star Devin Willock of New Milford killed in crash, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. NPR was founded with a mission, not just a business plan: to deliver news and share stories that can move and enchant, in a diversity of voices from around the nation and the world, in a way that is fair, nonpartisan, professional and accessible. His book, and Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was Barnes and Noble's Sports Book of the Year. Simons weekly show, Weekend Edition Saturday, has been called by the Washington Post, the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial, and by Brett Martin of Time-Out New York the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves. He has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. Then a black quilted coat. Please stay tuned. Friends looked at her photo and wept. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Adoption is a miracle. Copyright 2021 NPR. "Yet it's hard for a 7-year-old to understand. hide caption. Find 10 years of recommendations all in one place that's more than 3,200 great reads with handy filters to help you find the perfect book. January 14, 2023 The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. Please stay tuned. Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." [13], After the September 11 attacks, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror", publishing an op-ed in the October 11, 2001, Wall Street Journal titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War. A dossier prepared by Chinese adoption officials told us that she was smart, active, funny, hungry, energetic, and impatient (all of which remain a good description to this day). View the profiles of people named Caroline Simon. Back in our hotel room, Caroline zipped, snipped, and unbuttoned four layers of Chinese clothing. . [Copyright 2021 NPR]. I have been with the place long enough to understand why all those great talents sometimes grimace to be told, "I've listened to you since I was in the backseat of my parents' car.". When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" ''He always knows how to make an entrance,'' Ms. Lyden said. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Well, he had seen that several hundred times before.
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