Jr. Celebrates Issue 900
| February 22, 2022We challenged some of our longtime writers to tell us how their columns relate to the number 900
Column: True Colors
Author: Chaya Rosen
Many people enjoy reading true stories that happened to others. Don’t take my word for it; every Jewish bookstore is filled with books of short, true stories about peoples’ lives. These stories are varied and differ greatly from one another, which is part of what makes them so wonderful. Every single person in This World is here on a journey, their own personal journey led by Hashem. And during our journeys, stories emerge — sad stories and happy ones, exciting, scary, or emotional. Our lives are formed by our stories.
When I interview kids for True Colors, I record their stories and then share them with you. Sometimes, the story isn’t connected to anything you’ve experienced and it’s just an interesting read. Sometimes, the story hits close to home. You might feel better because you feel less alone. Other times, you learn something about the way a different child, in a different place, is handling his challenges.
Some kids feel like they don’t have stories to share. “Nothing exciting ever happens to me,” they tell me. Or they say, “There are so many stories about kids who moved to a different city. There’s nothing special about my story.” They feel that their experiences aren’t worthy of being shared.
There’s something that I want to tell you. All of us here on our journeys are collecting stories. The ways we think and act and behave shape our stories and the journeys we’re taking. And you are unique. You are special. You are an individual with your own individual journey — and it’s not your mother’s journey, or your cousin’s, your sister’s, or your friend’s. It’s your own. It doesn’t matter how many kids have been here before you, whether it’s nine, 90, or 900 — you are still creating your very own unique story, as you take your own neshamah’s unique journey here in our sometimes maddening, always marvelous world.
There may have been 899 issues of Jr. before this one — but this issue is unique and special and filled with brand-new content. Just for you.
Actually… just like you.
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