HOW MUCH!!! do we love our Kim Emmons Knor?Impossible to count the ways 86-years-young she keeps raising the bar and leading by example. Today is the DAY!!!!

Hours Away!

From history in the making as Kim makes her 1000th jump!

1,000 jumps out of a plane(willingly by the way;)

This afternoon, 11/6/25, Kim will earn her Golden Wings at the International Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame in Florida. Our beautiful soul friend with a HEART of gold took Olympic Gold in 1962 and was already inducted in 2013 into the International Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame. Now jump #1,000 will be there.It’s such The Good Stuff for so many reasons! You guys, not kidding. There are so many layers of not just good stuff but great stuff in the Kim Emmons Knor story.This previously recorded interview is with Kim, Sherry Butcher who is the United States Parachute Association President and Kim's sister-friend-mentor all rolled up in one;).

In fact, Sherry is the one who inspired Kim to take this leap of faith. We also talk Tandem Skydive Instructor, Matt Adamson, who for the record, is not Kim's boyfriend;) but a huge admirer who made so many of Kim's most recent jumps possible at SkydiiveCity.com.We talk about this final push to this inspiring goal and we talk about life, including her "close encounter with heaven".Kim Emmons Knor isn’t just a walking history book, but a treasured mentor and friend to so MANY in this thing called LIFE. It’s about taking the next best step. Kim… we’ll have what you’re having.Big LOVE!HUGE!(also HUGE THANK YOU SHOUT OUT to Dr. Rich Smith for editing and for being such an important part of this Good Stuff Family)

10/10/2025 - Live From Chagrin Documentary Film Fest BPWU S7 E2

This episode was pre-recorded LIVE from 17 River Grille in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on 10/9/2025 where the 16th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is taking place this week. Join us as we celebrate the story within the story of this popular film festival. It's David Ponce's legacy . His parent's passion and determination in creating this film festival is classic The Good Stuff out of the heartbreak of losing their son. Dawn and Rich discuss their downloads for the week and, even though Pastor Charles couldn’t be with us for the recording, he shows up in hysterical "divine design" ways! Join us for this special “after dark” addition of the Best Part of Waking Up is Waking Up (or staying up late). On your marks, get set, let’s GO!

9/18/25 Solitude With Fortitude BPWU S6 E30.

Do you hear that? Exactly! Sometimes you have to listen from within. This week on BPWU S6 E30 we're talking about the power of reflection and introspection as we gather around the virtual gratitude table. Find some solitude with fortitude, and brew. It all starts with the best part of waking up and that IS waking up!

9/5/25 Remembering 9yo Addi Keegan BPWU S6 E29

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For Addi Keegan’s family, it’s every second of every day. Awareness. Inescapable awareness… of the enormity of what cancer can take and of the memories, love and legacy it can never steal. As we gather around the virtual gratitude table this morning for our The Best Part of Waking Up **IS** Waking Up series, we’ll look back at Addi’s, story and the LOVE she felt from so many, including her favorite country singer Luke Bryan. When we met Addi 8 years ago and asked her just HOW MUCH she loves Luke Bryan, she lit up and said “9,999 stars and hearts." How do you even begin to calculate THAT level of love?:) Then MORE LOVE ensued when A Special Wish Cleveland gave Luke Bryan a window into Addi’s beautiful 9-year-old heart and she got to meet him! Annnnddd…. The good heart and soul band members of Cleveland’s Country Redford treated Addi and her family to a live all Luke Bryan music concert in her own back yard. It’s SO TRUE! -

-The Best Good Stuff often rises up out of the unthinkable.

-Legacies we leave can be impactful if we get 9 years or 90 years.

-There is POWER in See The Good in Others. Be The Good For Them.

Grab a cup of coffee and join us in celebrating Addi and the Keegan family and cancer warriors and their families everywhere. Let's celebrate all The Good Stuff things that can happen when Love Leads.

8/29/25 Tiger Victory! Mizzou Roots BPWU S6 E28 On the road in Columbia MO for this morning’s edition of The Best Part of Waking Up: IS Waking UpTigers win the home opener!Back to my Mizzou roots that run deep.M-I-Z!My friend Robin Wenneker, I think, really bleeds black and gold. She joins us live to talk about WHY we’re so PROUD of The University of Missouri. Also, 4 years later we remember the 13 US Service members who died Aug 26, 2001 in the Abbey Gate Attacks. August 26th marked 4 years since suicide bombers and gunmen killed 13 American service members in Kabul days before the full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. It was 2021 when they paid the ultimate price and 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, from St. Louis, was one of them.His Gold Star family continues to pay the price. So today after the headlines have passed, we settle in with Jared’s proud dad, Mark Schmitz to talk about what this Gold Star Dad is doing in the wake of that soul crushing loss. Grassroots Good Stuff in the works right now in Missouri that will uplift encourage and inspire veterans who may be struggling right now.THEfreedom13.org is how Mark Schmitz is seeing The Good in the veterans of today and being The Good for them in Jared’s name.

Meeting Living Legend Kim Emmons Knor! BPWU S6 E27Countdown is ON!!!… till we meet our friend Kim Emmons Knor in person in Ohio!!❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏Will we jump with her? 😜🙏🏻💪She’s a pioneer.A trailblazer.And a beautiful soul.86-year-old Kim Emmons Knor first jumped out of a plane in 1959… and never stopped. She is a living legend who took Gold at the 1962 skydiving World Championships.Now she drives herself around the country to jump zones all clamoring to have her as she’s determined to complete 1,000! Jumps! Rounding 900 now (900!!!;) And the story within this already incredible story is in the friends she’s made along the way:)We love Kim and you will too. Want to grab a cup of coffee and settle in for this live update conversation with our Octogenarian Friend who lives for “Fun in the sun andKnees in the Breeze” :):):):)

8/1/25 Who Are We Working For? BPWU S6 E26

Today we’re celebrating the day a special friend was born and the world became a much better place for having him in it… Kenny Davis! Cleveland’s living legend jazz musician. We’re celebrating Pastor Charles' new endeavor, and a look ahead to an upcoming interview with the authors of “Rooted In Truth: Answers To Life’s Questions for College Students. Want to grab a cup of coffee and join us as we gather around the virtual gratitude table? Because of all the things we don’t understand, of this much we’re sure… We’re Better Together.

Mountains, Mindsets and Making a Difference: The Saanvi Mylavarapu Story

Saanvi Mylavarapu is an 18-year-old youth advocate, especially in the realm of mental health, an environmental changemaker, and an incoming neuroscience freshman at Emory University.

Her journey, though rooted in science, is deeply spiritual…led by faith, a connection to nature, and a calling to make this world better for the next generation.

She believes dirt under your nails is a badge of healing, and faith in action means fighting for the planet and its people…

What began as a childhood love for trees and trails turned into Project Nature Worthy, a national youth-led movement focused on how time in nature heals our brains, especially those struggling with mental health challenges, grief, or trauma. 

Saanvi has hiked more than 1,000 miles across national parks, often with her mom by her side collecting not just memories but mission.

From backpacking across national parks to pushing for policy change on Capitol Hill, Saanvi says it’s never been about media. It’s always been about meaning...that even the youngest voices can carry God’s light.

10 Year Legacy Behind CollinCares.net and Glow With The Flow 5k 8/9/2025

Collin Kiousis is so beloved.

Loved Beyond Measure.

Loved Beyond His Last Breath...Because what he started before he passed away from cancer is contagious Good Stuff

OPEN HOUSE! TURTLE WORLD OF MEDINA WED JUNE 25 8:30AM-12:30PMA perfect reason to check in with Ron Blue who has spent 40 years building up to Turtle World Of Medina. More than 100 turtles and tortoises in 14 outdoor enclosures, a barn and it's all FREE. The best part is the story within this story of community, kindness and a calling that's led to this platform to See The Good In Others and to BE THE GOOD FOR THEM. Check them out on Facebook.