Super Mom Meets Her Match
This month as we explore the topic of heart disease, I thought it made the most sense to invite a woman I know who is a warrior, and survivor. She has walked the road and is such a vibrant part of so many people's lives. She fights for community. Lives...
FACTS: Heart Disease
So, what's really at the heart of heart disease? You know cancer is the heart of who I am. Its the road I've walked and intermittently the thing that has given me purpose. But, my heart still bleeds for the things that make us healthier. Heart...
three big things
3 big things....that's what this week involved! Monumental would be an overstatement, but let's digest and let you decide. Thursday was World Cancer Day. A day I always celebrate. I mean, it's how BIGPITTSTOP got its start. But more than that it...
Rising Homeless K-12 Population in NWA
How surprising is it that over half of the homeless counted in the Northwest Arkansas 2015 point-in-time homeless census (PIT) are K-12 students? Over 1,200 students are without a place they can call their own on any given night throughout the year. Every other...
what can you do: homelessness
We've talked this month about Homelessness in Northwest Arkansas. At the beginning of the month, I shared some stats that came from the 2015 Homelessness Report. If I'm about anything as a solution seeker, I'm about that....what's the solution; what can we...
10 Observations from Salvation Army the Red Kettle
Last week, the Northwest Arkansas Bloggers took to the streets and partnered with the Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas for a Red Kettle Competition. Each month we have been focusing on a specific cause in our community and look individually at what we can do. ...
10 Steps to Setting up a Holiday Food Serving Center
One of the things my dad and I do on Thanksgiving morning is Serving Irving. Its hosted by a church in my hometown and we take food out into the community and feed. We serve food to neighbors and friends in an apartment complex or trailer village. These are...
5 Things You Should Buy For Your Guy This Christmas
This is a sponsored post. I was compensated for this post with gift cards to spend at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The opinions and photos are my own and a representation of my personal experience on a recent shopping trip. (So, if you are the man...











