Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.
Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's warm … - Scott Simon
Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's warm …
- Scott Simon
I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do is not funny. - Scott Simon
I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do is not funny.
Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't tw… - Scott Simon
Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't tw…
So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in reco… - Scott Simon
So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in reco…
Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes. - Scott Simon
Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes.
There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth. - Scott Simon
There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.
I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that challenged a 14-year-old American… - Scott Simon
I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that challenged a 14-year-old American…
Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind ourselves what being … - Scott Simon
Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind ourselves what being …
Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters? - Scott Simon
Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?
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