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 was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. There are children in the world now who need our love, and we sure need them.'". 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. Lived In Galveston TX. Most of us had probably tried to start families in the traditional manner. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. "We'd both been in places where there are a lot of children who'd been abandoned," he tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. 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). [23][24][25][26] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic). Breathtaking. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. "How much did they cost? We laid those small clothes aside to keep for the ages. He explains that the adoption process in the United States is particularly taxing and can discourage many potential parents. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. His latest books is My Cubs: A Love Story about his lifelong fandom of the Chicago Cubs, and their historic World Series victory. Please stay tuned. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. 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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. House Republicans say they'll use the negotiations to win concessions on government spending. "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. Donate it to WBFO instead. Everyone's out of the pool at former Cherry Hill swim club. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. It's a huge part of his life. Do you know that little Indian place just off Thirty-second? Because as soon as they brought that baby into the suite, we were falling in love with her. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. ", On becoming a father relatively late in life, "I'm aware of the fact that I'm not going to be around for a lot. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon talks to Admir Masic, professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, about what made concrete used by Ancient Romans so incredibly durable. Those clothes! I think I would have had a tougher time holding my tongue.". Simon 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. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund, the Studs Terkel Award, and the Charles Osgood Lifetime Achievement Award. A tiny white T-shirt. Simon has hosted television series and specials, including PBS's Need to Know in 201113. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. ("Pregnant! I first heard of National Public Radio when it broadcast the Senate hearings into the Watergate scandal live, in the summer of 1973.. [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. Then a black quilted coat. Scott Simon and his daughters Elise (right) and Lina (left) tour a temple in Nancheng, China, not long after Lina's adoption. "For a lot of people, the assisted-fertility industry is just an obvious alternative to that.". Update information for Caroline Richard More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For The King of Staten Island Additional Crew (2020) Like Plastic Additional Crew (2013) Reporter for @RollCall/@CQNow covering immigration policy. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. 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? She grew up in San Francisco in a household of European tradition. Find out why. "Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. Not much of whatever it was. 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 Exleys A Fans Notes. It was at the top of several non-fiction bestseller lists. "We learn from hurts in life, don't we? This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important." Anyone can read what you share. Caroline Richard Simon. Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the state's highest honor. We shucked raindrops from our shoes and coats. But, I am told, so does childbirth. Look back at the network's history through a linear timeline. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny. Laurie Halse Anderson just called the book, Amazing. 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. "The instinct to adopt -- to take children into our lives -- is, I think, practically as old as childbirth.". Simon also wrote the book Just Getting Started with Tony Bennett. Our daughter looked up into Caroline's unfamiliar face without warmth or disdain; one more stranger was handling her. "No comparison whatsoever," he said. ''That's exactly the reaction I want from my life's companion. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and . There are all kinds of wizardly things that can be done in laboratories these days; most of us had tried one or two. we asked softly. First the puffy quilted pink coat came off. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. I mean that it is, as the dictionary says, "a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency.". NPR was not well known when we opened the first bureau in America's interior. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". But wizardry does not always deliver. 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. Simon is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning. Carolinne was born in 1993 in Vienna Austria and graduated from Pemberton High School. Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit, called the book poignant, funny, intimate, and unforgettable. Scott Turow called it a treasure. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Each layer smelled of coal smoke and pee. 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. . You got the baby that was meant for [another] family and they got yours. He has received numerous honorary degrees. We sure need them.". When she met Mr. Simon, she lived in a tiny Chinatown apartment in Manhattan, furnished with a futon, flowering plants and piles of books. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" 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. hide caption. [19], Simon has won Peabody and Emmy awards, and received many honorary degrees. Scott Turow called it "a treasure. Carlos Lozado of The Washington Post called it, in a rave review, "a book that easily matches its title.". Breathtaking. At some point, after all the intimate injections and intrusions, and the hopes that rise and deflate, many spouses look at each other across a field of figures scratched on the back of an envelope and ask, "Why are we doing this? We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. We also found 57 background checks for Caroline Richard, including criminal records . Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR. Book's We Love returns with 400+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. We looked at the women in the smocks and then realized -- they held our children in their arms. We sure need them.". [But] the initial reaction is there's no Hallmark card moment when your little girl is put into your arms. For Simon and Caroline, that instinct was so strong that it drowned out any concern they may have had about there being an ethnic barrier between them and their adopted children. (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the. We have information on 57 results for Caroline Richard, including phone numbers and addresses . These resources can help, How Rutgers' Mawot Mag has grown into elite defensive player, NJ Wrestling Top 20 with big rivalry matches on the schedule, Rutgers football offseason tracker: Recruiting, coaching, transfer news & analysis, Kids with physical disabilities struggle with access to sports, Last call for liquor licenses? 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. In his new book, Baby We Were Meant For Each Other, Simon describes how he and Caroline decided to adopt after struggling to conceive, and then traveled to Nanchang, China, from their home in Washington, D.C., twice -- first to bring Elise home, and then five years later, when they went to pick up Elise's little sister, Lina. "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. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. In March 2015, he published a memoir about her titled Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. 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. So much so, that his high school friends described him as part Cherokee and his father even became a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. ''We got teased endlessly. we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". The UAE has picked a top oil executive to lead global climate talks this year. Her age is 69. View the profiles of people named Caroline Simon. At some point, after all the intimate injections and intrusions, and the hopes that rise and deflate, many spouses look at each other across a field of figures scratched on the back of an envelope and ask, "Why are we doing this? There are already children in this world who need us right now. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. ''She goes over our heads a lot.''. "How much did they cost? He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. "I just realized: she once had to let me go into the big wide world. Please stay tuned. Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. 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. We told him that our daughter seemed inconsolable. Courtesy of Scott Simon For Simon, the vignette is proof of. How? His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. He has hosted many television series, including PBSs State of Mind, Voices of Vision, Need to Know and Backstage With The Paterson Project won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio earth summit meeting. There are already children in this world who need us right now. It is a marvel of technical finesse, close observation, and a perfectly pitched heart." On the November 15, 2014, episode of Weekend Edition Saturday, Simon interviewed Bill Cosby and his wife Camille about a 62-piece art collection they had loaned to the National Museum of African Art. Baby, baby, our baby. My wife and I, not having had children in the traditional, Abraham-and-Sarah-begat manner, have learned to make jokes about the way we've had our family. It was a reminder of something we do uncommonly well at Richmond. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. Simon says the decision to adopt changed his life -- but it wasn't easy. I went on to cover 10 conflicts, from Africa and the Middle East to the siege of Sarajevo. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. I had a glass of wine, my wife had a beer, and we toasted our daughter. 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). Simon graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in 1970. He adds, If you prick me, Ill bleed Chicago Cubs blue.. "Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. [3][4][5] He had a sister who died at a young age. Windy City, Simon's second novel, is a political comedy set in the Chicago City Council. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. "A happy day," Julie added, "but also sad," and then we just listened to the ping of raindrops. 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. [12], In May 2010, he was conferred Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Willamette University, where he was that year's commencement speaker. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. As Mr. Simon arrived, he hit his head on the taxi door and walked into the party bleeding. From a giant celebration to the number of American journalists on hand to observe, there's a lot going on in Pyongyang. I've been fortunate to play a small part in NPR's growth. What kind of crib did you get? His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. He's using his platform to galvanize investments in clean energy, but is also backing fossil fuels. Carolinne Simon, 28 years of Moorestown, NJ passed away on October 6, 2022. January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. [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. He has hosted the Saturday edition of Weekend Edition since its inception in 1985, excepting a period in 1992 and 1993 when Alex Chadwick hosted the show. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. 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