Geoff Bennett:
Now to our weekend spotlight. And on this Father`s Day, I can think of no one better to talk to than Scott Simon, author and host of NPR Weekend Edition Saturday.
Earlier in my career, I worked with Scott as a weekend edition producer and editor. And few people have spoken as honestly and openly about the joys and challenges of fatherhood as Scott has. We sat down together at NPR recently, and he shared his perspectives on being a debt.
How has being a father changed you?
Scott Simon, Host, NPR "Weekend Edition Saturday": What I discovered is from the first moment when you hold your child and it only expands, your heart leaps out of you, your heart leaps into them, they carry around a part of your heart. If they`re cold, you`re cold too, if they`re frightened, you`re frightened too. If they`re hungry, magically, you feel hungry, too.
You`re never alone again, in a way that you may have will once felt in the world. Even before. I think we held each of our daughters when we saw their pictures, when they came from the adoption agency in China, I think we began to feel that way. And then to hold them I can`t explain it. But there`s almost like a magical transference. It goes through your heart, it goes through your arms, your holds them, and you feel they`ve just absorbed a part of your heart.
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