Sharon Simons

Mom at Last is a very emotional read, if you have gone through infertility, IVF, miscarriage, and thinking of adoption you will understand the thoughts and feelings Sharon Simons goes through during her book. I wanted to read this book because I have been through similar things myself and have considered adoption and I thought it would be interesting to read about it from another person’s point of view and not from ...read the rest of the review over at my blog rel="nofollow" target="_top">Stressed Rach… (meer)

MOM AT LAST is the story of Sharon Simons and her husband Rick, who she met just before the age of forty, and their quest to become parents together. Rick already had children from a previous marriage, but Sharon was longing to be a mother and Rick was on board. The book takes you through their adventures of finally holding two beautiful babies in their arms. It wasn't easy, but their perseverance wins out over pitfalls, paperwork, and a medical crisis that would normally stop any other couple in their efforts.

After reading a synopsis of this book, I knew I wanted to read it. What mom wouldn't? All moms understand that uncontrollable urge to be someone's mom. That urge to hold a child, smell in their sweet scent, kiss those puffy cheeks and watch them grow up before your eyes. Sharon Simons takes the reader through her unbelievable ordeal to become a mother. At 39, and unmarried, she knows her clock is ticking and if she wants to be a mother, she needs to do it now. Fate steps in and it looks like it may actually happen for her. But, it isn't that easy. Sharon Simons begins the book with her and her husband in Russia waiting to meet their sons for the first time. That first chapter grabs you and keeps you interested (read the first eight pages of it for yourself below), but what you don't realize are the multiple detours along the way. It isn't a secret that Sharon and Rick do finally adopt to beautiful boys (see the cover of the book), but what you aren't expecting are the steps that finally got them to the Russian "baby house" in the first place.

I was emotional throughout the book, as Simons takes you through one ordeal after another. Finally after everything they have gone through and they have landed in America with the two boys, Rick is confused and unsure about the ease of their transfer into America. Trust me, nothing has gone easy for Rick and Sharon at any part of this book. Rick questions the custom agent who tells him, exactly what Rick and Sharon have been waiting to hear...

"Your sons were citizens the moment they landed on U.S. Soil." page 224

and I am a mess. I cry tears for them and for the sweet boys who now are finally home. No matter what happens here on out, they are home and they are a family. A story we can all appreciate.

MOM AT LAST is incredibly honest, witty, heartbreaking, and joyful depending on what page you are on. Simons' tenacity to become a mother was nothing I could imagine and everything I could understand. You feel like you are right on this journey with her and are praying that it all turns out ok, even though you know, somehow, it must.… (meer)