Summer has practically vanished from our grasp, and it’s time to talk about getting organized for the new school year. Whether your Kindergartener needs reading help or your 6th-grader struggles to juggle soccer practice and violin lessons, there’s an app...
We can’t believe it, but summer’s nearly over and kids around Kansas City are starting to go back to school! Before autumn and school get kicked into high-gear, you can still enjoy what is left of the lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer. Here are a few events...
Attention all parents looking for back-to-school clothes for your kids! Rhea Lana’s in Overland Park is having a major consignment sale this weekend, August 20-24, 2014. This back-to-school sale is perfect for thrifty parents who need more clothes for their...
Sometimes you come across photos that stops you in your tracks. Kate Parker, a photographer in Atlanta, Georgia, perfectly captured the unconditional love attached to the idea behind adoption. In a series of photos, she shows her extended family interacting with its...
Summer’s more than halfway gone, so it’s time to squeeze in some last-minute fun before the kids head back to school! Here are some events and activities happening in August in Kansas City. Festival of Butterflies, August 1-3 and 8-10. Location:Â Powell...
Here at Adoption & Beyond, we take great care to ensure that the birth parents that we work with are well-informed and knowledgable about their impending adoption journey. Choosing adoption for a child is an extremely delicate and difficult decision, and we...
Good news, folks! We are now a registered AmazonSmile Foundation recipient for our charitable organization. What does that mean exactly? Here’s a quick summary of this process. What is AmazonSmile? In October 2013, Amazon announced that it was launching a...
Here at Adoption & Beyond, we care about fathers as much as we care about mothers. With Father’s Day on Sunday, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every birth father and adoptive father who has worked with us in the past. You’ve truly made...
Having some trouble figuring out how to talk to your children about adoption? Adoption Learning Center is hosting a Live Webinar on July 8, 2014 about how to have the adoption talk with your biological and/or adopted children. Here’s an excerpt from the...
Mother, A Cradle to Hold Me By Maya Angelou “It is true I was created in you. It is also true That you were created for me. I owned your voice. It was shaped and tuned to soothe me. Your arms were molded Into a cradle to hold me, to rock me. The scent of your...
