Which are your favorite Whitney Houston's songs? The playlist below contains some of my favorite ones. Some such as "One Moment in Time," "Step by Step," "The Greatest Love Of All," and " I Didn't Know My Own Strength" encourage and inspire me to keep on keeping on. Others such as "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" just make you want to get up and dance! So many beautiful, powerful, inspiring songs.

Alrighty, I'll admit it, I'm totally biased as a mom regarding my daughter's writing abilities. But, that doesn't take away that, as an editor, I'm just as impressed with both her writing and her research acumen. She has a way of making complex subjects fun and engaging to read. Here's her latest blog entry. :-) Fitness: Freak or Flake?: The Implications of Caffeine Consumption on Stress and

Fitness: Freak or Flake?: In defense of my First Lady (Subtitled: The only f...: "According to Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Obama and her daughters 'feasted on' ribs while on a ski trip in Vail. He labels her a hypocrit for dis..."This is the summaryThis is the rest of the post

I've been reading up on how to drive more traffic to your website and/or blog. One obvious first step is to submit your site or blog's URL to Google. Makes sense, right? I mean if Google's search engine hasn't indexed you yet, then let's give Google a heads-up that we exist! If that's the way you'd like to go then Google itself tells you how to do it through their post Share your place on the net

Late night show hosts deserve every penny they get. They make us laugh at the most horrendous goings ons... and sometimes, laugh is all you can do. On his 6/25/10 blog at About.com, Daniel Kurtzman has compiled a great list of this past week's best late-night jokes. Some of my favorites are: McChrystal's clearly been hitting that sweet Afghani heroin. Because you would have to be higher than

A friend in facebook posted a link to this video clip. I cried with joy as I watched it. Not only does the music, lyrics, and people personify the best of and what I love most in my Christian faith, it poignantly reminds me that impossible things can happen when we do not lose hope. Only a few years back it would not have been possible to even imagine that such a Christ-centered celebration,

I just finished reading and re-reading my friend Claudia Putnam's blog post, In Honor of Jake. She writes about the loss of a child, her little boy, who died just three days after being born. Claudia's writing is touching and beautiful and meaningful and insightful all rolled up into one. It's sad but not morbid. Putnam walked a fine line in touching my heart and left it actually hope-filled and

Another Harry Potter book? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com http://ping.fm/kowQs

"We are all angels with only one wing. We can only fly while embracing each other." -Luciano De Crescenzo

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't." -- Richard Bach

So here's a question for you: What family traditions do you have related to Easter? To the advent of Spring? Whether or not you celebrate religious traditions during this time of year, tell us what is special about the coming of Easter/Spring-time for you. For me? Well, my memories have to do with white shoes, flowery dresses AND hats! That's what we did in Cuba growing up. Mama would make sure

So here's a question for you: What family traditions do you have related to Easter? To the advent of Spring? Whether or not you celebrate religious traditions during this time of year, tell us what is special about the coming of Easter/Spring-time for you. For me? Well, my memories have to do with white shoes, flowery dresses AND hats! That's what we did in Cuba growing up. Mama would make sure

On March 7, 2010, my daughter ran the Antarctica Marathon!!! She's running a marathon in each of the 7 continents while fundraising for the educational nonprofit I presently manage, ChildrenComeFirst.com. Those who donate to this cause will receive a tax deductible receipt from CCF and will be part of Christine's 7-continent runs as she'll put donors' names on the shirt she'll wear while running

A billion dollars a day. Time to break the addiction. Please sign the petition. Let's vote for clean air: http://ping.fm/9wp8G

Run the Antarctica Marathon with Christine! Your tax-deductible gift goes to ed nonprofits: http://bit.ly/4wvNGt and http://bit.ly/a1zBrN

On March 7, 2010, my daughter will be running the Antarctica Marathon!!! She's running a marathon in each of the 7 continents while fundraising for children's literacy via the educational nonprofit I presently manage, ChildrenComeFirst.com. Those who donate to this cause will receive a tax deductible receipt from CCF and will be part of Christine's 7-continent runs as she'll put donors' names on

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Check them out at this URL and come back and let me know which one was your favorite. I LOVED the Dodge Charger commercial but there were others just as great. This is the rest of the post

Mission focus is something both Navy Seals and Olympic athletes have. It's also something each of us can use to achieve our goals. Chris Jansing, of MSNBC, showed a video clip today titled, "Navy Seals: The Science of Mental Toughness," as part of the NBC special series, "Silent Warrios: An exclusive view at the lives and the training of Navy Seals." The documentary stood out to me because it

Mission focus is something both Navy Seals and Olympic athletes have. It's also something each of us can use to achieve our goals. Chris Jansing, of MSNBC, showed a video clip today titled, "Navy Seals: The Science of Mental Toughness," as part of the NBC special series, "Silent Warrios: An exclusive view at the lives and the training of Navy Seals." The documentary stood out to me because it

In the past few years I've almost stopped making New Year goals and resolutions. Not because I don't have things I'd like to accomplish but rather because I rely on my never-ending "to do" list to keep me focused. This strategy has served me well, up to a point. The thing with "to do" lists is that they often are made up of things that scream so loud for my attention that whether they're on

In the past few years I've almost stopped making New Year goals and resolutions. Not because I don't have things I'd like to accomplish, but rather because I rely on my never-ending "to do" list to keep me focused. This strategy has served me well, up to a point. The thing with "to do" lists is that they often are made up of things that scream so loud for my attention that whether they're on

I've been tracking, on and off, the development of the Espresso Book Machine and am totally fascinated by it. Back in 2006 we posted an article about it to the CCF website and today we found a press release from the Xerox Corporation announcing that Xerox technology is to fuel the Espresso Book Machine. Even more promising for what has been termed "the ATM for books," is the fact that Xerox's

I've been tracking, on and off, the development of the Espresso Book Machine and am totally fascinated by it. Back in 2006 we posted an article about it to the CCF website and today we found a press release from the Xerox Corporation announcing that Xerox technology is to fuel the Espresso Book Machine. Even more promising for what has been termed "the ATM for books," is the fact that Xerox's