For those of you living for the moment, you are about to lose 60 whole minutes come Sunday when Daylight-saving time strikes once again.

This may throw you off a bit if you are one to maximize every second, minute, and hour you are afforded in this tenuous life. And while I can't offer you any secrets for recapturing this lost time, I can share some thoughts, compliments of professional organizer Linda Richards of Organize and More, on how you might compensate for Sunday's lost hour.

Think about this:

• Go to bed 15 minutes earlier and get up 15 minutes earlier starting a few days before the time change.
• Move any important meetings to later in the week so you body isn't as tired.
• Snack on healthy foods such as fruits and nuts to replenish energy.
• Shorten your to-do list to your top three to five priorities.
• Print out a copy of your calendar and appointments for March and make sure your computer has a patch to handle the earlier time change this year.
  

Eric and Sharon Langshur launched CarePages after their newborn son, Matthew, was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. As a way to keep friends and family informed, they created a website that included updates, a message board and a photo gallery. The webpage worked so well for them that they started a business offering free webpages to caregivers to help them provide information to family and friends -- and to nurture an online community for caregivers. According to the Langshur couple, CarePages is touching the lives of more than one million families across the globe.

Getting started is easy. Sign up for your free webpage and in minutes you are ready to share information and become part of the CarePages community. Your webpage is as private or as public as you choose. As a CarePages member, you can create a virtual meeting place on the web, share news and photos, thoughts and feelings, and receive emotional support.

These days, there is no need to be alone as you and your loved one face the challenges and struggles of a cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment.

The Head to Hollywood charity, founded by US Weekly magazine editor Ken Baker, a pituitary brain tumor survivor, and actress/model Carmen Electra, whose mother died of a malignant brain tumor, provides brain tumor patients with opportunities to spend a day being pampered as a star and experiencing life as a celebrity. This might include attendance at Hollywood events and parties, VIP access to television and movie sets, personal meetings with stars, as well as celebrity spa and beauty treatments.

Recently, Ritz Camera Centers announced they have chosen Carmen Electra as spokesperson for several new products they will be introducing, and as part of the new promotion, the company is launching a fundraising campaign for Head to Hollywood. In the next few weeks, Ritz Camera Centers will be offering a limited edition poster for the Head to Hollywood charity and posting photos taken by Carmen Electra, who is reported to be a photographer in her own right, at their website.

"It's said that chemotherapy is like skiing in front of an avalanche. You do one thing wrong, and the avalanche is going to get you." -- Harvey Rushfeldt

Using the principles he learned in Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, helped Harvey Rushfeldt, 72, diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last October, create a strategy for successfully living through the often grueling ordeal of chemotherapy. Rushfeldt sees both cancer and alcoholism as mortal threats and he approached his cancer treatments with the same 12 step attitude and perspectives alcoholics adopt on the one-day-at-a-time road to recovery.

During my chemotherapy for breast cancer, I received the drug Adriamycin. Adriamycin is toxic and harsh and so powerful that when it makes contact with the skin it can cause a severe burn. How this drug cycled through my body without singeing my veins, I am not sure. Somehow, I survived it and can think back on this drug that is often called The Red Dragon.  It is wicked and fierce and unkind -- yet lifesaving as well.

The word dragon conjures up various images for me. I can clearly visualize the red liquid that dripped into my body many months ago with the purpose of attacking cancer cells. I also picture toy action figures that often cover my living room floor -- my five-year-old has a current love for dragons, and we have all shapes and sizes at our house. And lately, when I think of dragons, I see women in boats -- powerful women practicing the ancient sport of dragon boating.

I know women who participate in this sport through Team Survivor -- a group that provides free opportunities for physical fitness for women with cancer. And I just learned about Hope Afloat, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania's first breast cancer survivor dragon boat racing team.  With a mission of challenging their limits and not limiting their challenges, these women strive to awaken the dragon within through hope, support, and adventure.  This floating support group has been in existence since 2001 and welcomes all women with a history of breast cancer. Weekly practice, monthly meetings, and racing keeps these women in good shape and in good spirits. Go team!