Tonya Blythe
Tonya is a wife and mom of six – two biological children, sons Javan (9) and Tiras (6), and four children (7, 6, 3 and 6 months) by way of foster care. She is a Kansas City transplant from Aurora, Colorado (by way of MIZZOU and Jefferson City, Missouri) who enjoys BBQ, taco trucks, and sports of most every variety. She’s passionate about foster care, living organ donation, social media and its many uses, and movie theater popcorn. Love is best expressed to her in the form of Excel spreadsheets, cute office products, and fountain sodas from Quik Trip.
Find Your New Normal: Tips from a Homeschooling Mom
Nearly six years ago, I first told Kansas City Mom Collective readers about our family’s decision to homeschool our two boys. Since then, our family has doubled in size as we welcomed four additional...
Top 10 Posts of 2017: the Best of Kansas City Moms Blog
From real-life essays on motherhood to tips for navigating family life in Kansas City, here is our roundup of Kansas City Moms Blog's most-read posts of 2017!"We don't always have to explicitly tell our...
Give a Unique Gift that Truly Matters
As moms, we all can relate to family members bombarding us about what to get our kids for the holidays. This year, give them an answer you’ll both love. Instead of another toy, ask...
#GivingTuesday: Harvesters’ Big BackSnack Give Back
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday kicks off a charitable holiday season when many focus their attention (and their resources) on organizations doing important work in their community. On this #GivingTuesday, Kansas City...
Take Action: Hunger Action Month
September is Hunger Action Month which means there's no better time than right now to educate your children and get involved with addressing food insecurity here in Kansas City. Here are four ways you...
Teaching Hunger to Our Children
The numbers are staggering.
In our area alone, more than 364,000 are food insecure - missing an estimated 65+ million meals annually.
More than 112,000 of these are children.
Only 59% of food insecure children in our...
A Kansas City Kid’s Guide to the Solar Eclipse
Starting at 1:08 p.m. on August 21, parts of the Kansas City metro area will witness a unique astronomical event, the likes of which we won't see again until 2205: a total solar eclipse....
Kids in Foster Care: How You Can Help
Recently, a local news station produced a story with the following headline: "Both the Missouri and Kansas foster care systems are overwhelmed right now."
I didn't watch the segment or read the story, shared numerous...
Top 10 Posts of 2016: The Best of Kansas City Moms Blog
From real-life essays on motherhood to tips for navigating family life in Kansas City, here is our roundup of Kansas City Moms Blog's most-read posts of 2016!"Just as we had started to recover, I...
The Most Valuable Gift You Can Give Kids
This holiday season, invest in the kids you love. Hint: It’s not the latest toy or gadget that will get five minutes of fame, then clutter the house. We’re talking about one of the...
Loving Relentlessly: Advocating for Your Child
There are certain kinds of loss that only a parent’s heart can know. As a mother, I have experienced firsthand the excruciating pain of miscarriage – when that which was only barely seen and...
Experience Omaha One Bite at a Time: Omaha Culinary Tours
Omaha, Nebraska.
The family getaway I didn’t know I was missing.
Last fall, Amber and I told you about a great family-friendly destination not far from home in Kansas City: Omaha, Nebraska. With husbands and kids...
Foster Care: A Love Letter to My Biological Children
Javan and Tiras,
I love you, and I’m sorry.
Foster care, like parenting or driving a car, is one of those experiences that can’t really be understood until you’re doing it. Months of classes, home visits,...
Top 10 Posts of 2015: The Best of KCMB
2015 was a great year for Kansas City Moms Blog! Our readers connected with our team of moms like never before - both through our online content and with more than 1,000 area moms through our KCMB...
A Case Against Foster Care
On January 12, 2010, many of us watched in horror the devastation that had shaken the country of Haiti as they experienced an earthquake that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people....
