Life has tested this woman's strength since childhood. “I always felt that at the moment of my birth God must have blinked. He missed this event, never knowing that I was born.” Regina was the eleventh child in the family and felt like “a forgotten kitten from a large litter.” At the age of 16, she already washed away her problems with alcohol, at 21 she gave birth and raised her daughter alone, and at 41 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she cured. Regina Brett is a famous American journalist, twice reaching the finals of the Pulitzer Prize in the “For Commentary” category. , winner of numerous awards for journalism. 50 lessons are reflections on what Regina learned while being a single mother, when she was looking for love where there was none, when she was working on her relationship with God, fighting cancer and trying to come to terms with difficult childhood memories. Regina's lessons published in an opinion column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, and it immediately became one of the most popular in the history of the publication. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have received 50 lessons via email. Regina Brett is quoted at weddings, last bells, Sunday schools, anniversaries, and more. In this book, Regina Brett has turned 50 lessons into deeply personal, sometimes funny, and often moving essays. This wise, kind, very emotional book will make readers think about their lives and help make it a little better.