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Regina Brett is the author of Be the Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible and God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours.

She was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice for columns she wrote for The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper.

When Regina turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life taught her. A life as an unwed mother. A life as a single parent for 18 years. A life searching for love and finally finding it at 40. A life interrupted by breast cancer at age 41. A life that reflects the ups and downs, twists and turns we all face.

The 50 lessons went viral and landed all over the world. Readers post the lessons on their refrigerators. They carry them in their wallets. They tuck them in their purses.

God Never Blinks is in its 5th printing and is in 26 countries.

Regina writes regularly for The Plain Dealer and for the Cleveland Jewish News.

Regina has a master’s degree in religious studies and a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

For more information, please visit reginabrett.com

50 Lessons In Life

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 8. It's okay to get angry with God. He can take it. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 11. Make peace…

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