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You know what we love. Making pregnancy and childbirth safe for moms everywhere. And we know you do too. So, on this Valentine's Day, what's the easiest way you can share the love today? Help us spread the word that hundreds of thousands of mothers still die every year from pregnancy and childbirth related causes.

A story appeared in the New York Post that presents a tragic opportunity to discuss maternal mortality right here in America. You’d think since we spend more per capita on healthcare than any country on earth, we’d have the best maternal mortality rate, but according to Amnesty International, we rank 50th. Stories like this one about a young woman who died after delivering her first child demonstrates some of the reasons why too many women die in America. It also demonstrates how desperately important the Maternal Health Accountability Act is to preventing other senseless pregnancy-related deaths.

The last time I traveled to Tanzania back in 2009 was with Christy and our film crew as co-producer of "No Woman, No Cry.” We spent two weeks with local pregnant women, including Janet and Lightness, and their caregivers at Ol Doinyo Sambu, Rahel and Hertha. My many memories from this trip include sleeping next to my cell phone waiting for the late night labor calls, driving pregnant women over bumpy roads to and from the local clinic and hospital, witnessing a cesarean (which was my first birth experience), carrying heavy film equipment up dusty mountains and being offered a chicken in gratitude for the work we were doing. Despite the difficulty in organizing the shoot, I am excited to be returning to Tanzania this week.

It’s Random Acts of Kindness week – a seven-day opportunity to be nicer than nice and kinder than normal. The hope is that everyone catches the pay-it-forward vibe and kindness spreads like warm honey. We’re hoping our readers will spend this week dispensing kindness on mothers, women, girls and well, anybody else you see that needs a little extra lovin’.