Spirituality & Faith
The Best Stories Are The Ugly Ones
The ugly parts of stories are where the real lessons can be derived.
Rebecca Klempner is a wife, mother, writer, and editor living in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared online in Tablet Magazine, Kveller, Hevria, and JewishFiction.net, and in print in many Jewish publications, including Hamodia and The Jewish Press. Her latest book is Glixman in a Fix (Menucha Publishers 2017). You can learn more about her work and where to find it on her website, rebeccaklempner.com.
The ugly parts of stories are where the real lessons can be derived.
The merit of giving without any expectation of reward.
My grandma's great love of words has kept us connected.
My grandmother thrived during the Depression, while many others suffered. But... I don't judge her for it.
After years of taking it for granted that I would live a long time... Suddenly, I wasn't so sure.
I learned the secret of eternal beauty from my grandmother.
A recent crisis made me feel that God was far away, but my faith has been restored.