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Regina Brett

American Journalist

Born: May 31, 1956

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Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison

While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden for a day, make some elderly woman on a bus smile or let them know they are noticed by someone. Regina Brett

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The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell. Regina Brett

Phones People Circle Hell Other Dante Stuck Chatting Idea Feel Over Like Being Might Plane Each Dozens

Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. I also hid the book of 'Grimm Fairy Tales.' They're just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough. Regina Brett

You Reality Book Sometimes Ending Father Will Too Enough Books Hid About Part Soon Come Tales Also Read Fairy Fairy Tales Up Just Censor Rabbit Grim Grandkids Skip Peter

How do you know someone is a grandparent? They've got milk stains on every shirt from burping babies. Their pants are worn out at the knees from crawling around giving pony rides. They have 2,842 pictures of the grandkids on their smart phone and not one photo of their spouse. Regina Brett

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'Star Trek' never grabbed me. Every time I hear about Klingons, I think of those little lint balls that stick to your clothes in the dryer. Regina Brett

Time Me Clothes Every Think Every Time Trek Those About Never Dryer Stick Hear Balls Grabbed Little Your Star Star Trek

When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again. Regina Brett

Life Me Soul Words Added Typed Ran Paper Pen Out More My Soul Lay Had Simply Column Leak Ideas Bed Caught Up Reflecting Five Hit Taught Again Them Newspaper Turned Lessons Set

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us. Regina Brett

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Cooking involves a deadline and hungry people and ingredients that expire in a week. It's stressful. Cooking happens on the stove and on the clock. Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely. Regina Brett

For years I heeded the warning: Do monthly breast self-exams. Like most women, I did them on a 'sort of' basis. Every few months I'd sort of do a quick feel, but never as thoroughly as the doctors urged. I didn't want to go looking for trouble. If you look for it, you might find it. Looking for cancer is unsettling. Thank God I looked. Regina Brett

God You Women Thank God Cancer Trouble Doctors Looking Few Every Monthly Months Thoroughly Find Never Unsettling Feel Like Look Most Looked Sort Go Years Quick Thank Did Want Heeded Urged Them Might Warning Basis

Almost every month, I have a day where I get stuck in the mud of me. I used to blame hormones and PMS. After I hit 50, I blamed the lack of hormones. But men get stuck, too, so it must simply be the human condition. Regina Brett

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard. Regina Brett

I still miss my gramma. I can see her at the farm, in her apron, babushka and support stockings. My Slovak gramma spoiled us with pig in the blankets, kalachi, pop, chips and a drawer full of lollipops. It was heaven. Regina Brett

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