Read these inspiring stories from birth parents who lovingly placed their children with the help and guidance of Adoption & Beyond into the hearts and homes of their forever families. In addition, watch the videos courtesy of Brave Love.
Inspiring Adoption News
We like to take the time to reflect on inspiring adoption stories, especially when we get so accustomed to hearing bad news each time we turn on the TV or open up the newspaper. The past few weeks, we've seen some stories that are wonderfully inspiring. Iowa Family...
Great Apps for Back To School
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 just for...
Our Favorite Books for Birth Parents
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...
AmazonSmile Gives Back
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 philanthropy...
New Book: International Adoption of a Pre-School Child
We like to stay updated on new books that birth parents and adoptive parents write about their experiences. We heard about the following book from our friends at Hand In Hand International Adoptions. The following text has been taken from Hand In Hand's May 2014...
Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign: Part 3
If you've been following our updates from the Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign, then you already know how important this advocacy campaign is to save something that is extremely important to any past, present, and future adoptive families. We received the final...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Adoption Financing
If you're a prospective adoptive parent just beginning the adoption process, then you're probably starting to realize the financial implications of going this route. While this is going to be a very trying time for you and your family, financing your adoption does not...
Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign: Part 3
Are you continuing to follow the news on the Adoption Tax Credit? We're still getting updates about the Grassroots Advocacy Campaign, and it’s definitely something that all past, present, and future adoptive families need to read up on! Here is the message we received...
5 Ways to Get Your Family Moving
Thanks to the arrival of spring, the weather here in Kansas City keeps getting better and better with each passing week. And while it's easy to stick with winter habits of staying indoors and watching TV, how could you deny fresh air and sunshine? It's time to get...
Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign
Have you heard of the grassroots campaign for the Adoption Tax Credit (ATC)? The current goal is for people like you to message Members of Congress to fight for the protection of the ATC! Here's an update on the Adoption Tax Credit, forwarded to us by the Adoption Tax...
Adoption Success Story Brings News Anchor to Tears
Adoption can be a stressful and uncertain journey, filled with doubt and sudden bumps in the road along the way. For fourteen-year old Ke'onte Cook from Plano, Texas, the journey to find his adoptive parents, Carol and Scott Cook, wouldn't have been possible...
15 Amazing Quotes about Adoption and Birth Parents
If you've "Liked" us on Facebook, or followed us on Twitter or Pinterest, then you know that we love quotations. All month long, we've been focusing on spreading the love. To wrap up February, here's a list (in no particular order) of fifteen quotes, relating to...