For the last several weeks whenever “The Takeaway” on NPR “with John Hockenberry and Adora Udoji self-identified, the substitute co-host was introduced and it was explained that Adora Udoji was home with her new baby.
Well.
This morning it was announced that she would not return. Last week she informed the NPR producers that she would not be returning.
It’s a really tough decision and I’m sure she had been agonizing over it for weeks. She probably cringed or cried or felt a cold knife through her heart every time she heard her name and job title on the radio. How could she go back there to a job that metaphysically doesn’t exist for her in the same way that it did before she had a baby in her arms. Of course she could. Of course it is possible. Of course it is done every day. BUT IT IS HARD! Not hard like waking up in the morning and having a stressful commute. LEAVING YOUR BABY TO GO TO WORK IS HARD LIKE CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST .
Women are high altitude mountain climbing expedition strong every day.