Gail Lynne Goodwin

By Gail Lynne Goodwin. I am honored to be a part of the Million Moms Challenge, linking millions of moms to mothers in developing countries throughout the world. No matter what country we live in, what we do for a living or whether we are married or single, the one thing that is constant for mothers worldwide is our unconditional love for our children. We all want the best for our children and will do whatever we can do to make their world a better place. As a part of the Million Moms Challenge, I was recently asked to share…

By Gail Lynne Goodwin. I'm in New York City today, taking part in the Million Moms Challenge. It's a cause to unite a million moms with a million moms in developing countries around the world. The best thing about this program is that you don't have to be a mom to help a mom. You just have to be "one in a million".  Join us to make healthy pregnancies, safe births, and children who survive and thrive a basic right around the world. As a part of this project, I've been asked to answer the question, "What was the best…

I'm proud to be one of the Team Leaders for BlogFrog, to help launch the Million Moms Campaign. I'll be flying to New York City on Monday, to attend the Social Good Summit. I'll share more details about this exciting campaign with you next week. In the meantime, for those of you in NYC who would like to be on TV, here's your chance! Good Morning America will be covering the launch of the Million Moms Challenge campaign on Monday, Sept 19th. If you are going to be in NY and would like to have a cameo on the show,…

We're proud to be a part of Seth Godin's Domino Project and feature Michael Bungay Stanier as our Luminary today. Here is more information on their project. Today the Domino Project releases End Malaria, not just a book, but a cause fueled by 62 business thinkers pushing you to rethink the way you work. $20 from the purchase of every copy of End Malaria goes directly to Malaria No More, an international advocacy organization dedicated to ending malaria by 2015, and to send a mosquito net to a family in need and to support life-saving work in the fight against…

Tears are falling this morning for the tragic loss of our friend, Trey Pennington. Trey and I met years ago on line and I could always count on him for friendship, advice and support. With more than 100,000 Twitter followers and nearly 5000 friends on FaceBook, Trey was alone last night as he took his own life, outside of his church. He was a successful husband, father and businessman, but dealt with depression for some time. Those of us who knew Trey, even just online, loved him. But it wasn't enough to prevent this tragedy from happening. I was a…

By Gail Lynne Goodwin. Last night most of America watched the hottest show, The Voice. Although I'd never seen the show before, I watched it, cheering for a young woman named Dia Frampton, who performed a new song called, Inventing Shadows. I was very interested because this song  was co-written by my Grammy Award-winning, songwriter son-in-law, Josh Kear. The lyrics talk about a fearful man who is always inventing shadows where there are none, and seeing negative things that don't exist. With the combination of the lyrics, the unique quality of Dia's voice and the haunting melody, once you hear…

My father sent an email to me this morning that touched my heart. I've included an edited and paraphrased version of it below, with the hopes that it makes you smile....... (thanks Dad, for the reminder).   A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud woman, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably combed, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told…

Last week I had the opportunity to spend a week with my family enjoying the city of Prague, Czech Republic. As a gift to myself and to my family, I took the week off and completely relaxed. No "working", no blogging, etc. But, as you might have guessed, my mind kept going even if I didn't type the thoughts at the time. I had one experience that I really wanted to share with you, as this blog wrote itself because of this  experience. My daughter and son-in-law treated us to the gift of a foot massage at a Thai spa…