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It's OK to let your children see you cry.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
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Ravenna
Ohio
Cry
Children

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Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the victim. We have to let go of both characters in the story.
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Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse.
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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.
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Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.
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Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
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Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.
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Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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