There are certain abilities that many of us take for granted, even one as seemingly easy as getting up and walking around. But this week, 6-year-old elementary school student, Caleb Roach, did something that is reminding everyone to be thankful for the simple joys in life.

Caleb was in a car crash nine months ago with his father. Though his dad only suffered minor injurues, the boy was devastingly left a paraplegic. He spent six weeks in a hospital, becoming accustomed to a wheelchair before traveling to Chicago in December for leg braces and advanced therapy. In between treatments, he would return home to attend kindergarten.  

Now, I consider my abuelita a pretty strong woman. She taught college kids math (um, what?) while raising three kids and now she takes care of her grandkids. Although she lives a couple of states away with my aunt and cousin, whenever she comes to visit she's always cleaning the house, top to bottom, in every nook and cranny that you can imagine. Seriously, she cleans in places I never even thought could get dirty! That's why I've always known that grandmothers can do anything. But now that the Guinness World Record's oldest female bodybuilder and yoga teacher have come out, I really KNOW that they can!

As if we needed any more reasons to be orgulloso of the Latino community, 6 Hispanics, including Rosario Dawson and Jessica Alba, made it on to Fast Company's list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2012. How amazing is that?! 

Dawson and Maria Teresa Kumar share 12^th place for co-founding Voto Latino, an organization that uses mobile tech and viral strategies to encourage their fellow Latinos to register and vote. The two have even inspired other Hispanic celebrities, like Wilmer Valderrama and Romeo Santos, to help with the cause. ""It's not about telling people what to do--it's about sharing what they can do," said Dawson.

Hasta la fecha, no conozco a ningún ser humano que no sienta un fuerte repudio hacia las cucarachas. Normalmente las personas cuando las ven, gritan como si estos pequeños animales fueran a atacarlas. Y no quiero decir, que a mí no me den asco, pero siento mucho más repulsión hacia las ratas y los ratones que hacia estos diminutos insectos. Seguro te preguntarás, ¿por qué estamos hablando de estos horribles animales? Pues porque me llamó la atención, lo que reveló un reciente estudio que dice que las cucarachas han sido menospreciadas injustamente, ya que se trata de animales mucho más sofisticados, de lo que pensábamos.

I can't imagine what it's like to deal with cancer. I've only really come across it once (in my grandfather) but he was far away and I was never able to see him before he passed. But he had lived a pretty full life and most of my family was sure that it was his time. That's why whenever I hear of a child with cancer, it breaks my heart. These kids are the complete opposite. They've barely started living before they're struck with a disease that ends with many kids living in the hospital. That's why I was so impressed and touched by a video of kids with cancer from Seattle Children's Hospital singing a rousing rendition of Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger."