Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. Should he tell her he loves her? What the hell is love anyway? In "Like An Iron Bell," Sugar writes: "It is not so incomprehensible as you pretend, sweet pea. But they both have baggage from past relationships. He thinks she might be in love with him, too. "Johnny" believes he's in love with the woman he's dating. "Dear Sugar" now lives on as a podcast co-hosted by Strayed and the column's original writer, Steve Almond.īut the sage, compassionate, and sincere words of wisdom she shared over the years are still available online and in book form, as Tiny Beautiful Things. She eventually revealed her identity, and the column took its final bow in written form. Since then, her other essays have provided comfort when I was lost in relationships, lost in my writing, or lost in myself.įor the uninitiated, here's the story behind "Dear Sugar": for years, Cheryl Strayed anonymously responded to advice seekers under the pseudonym "Sugar" in a column for The Rumpus. It's an essay that has guided, shaped, and informed my life as a motherless daughter. I've read it dozens of times since then, and I've shared it with nearly all of my friends and romantic partners.
One essay in particular - "The Black Arc Of It" - became my guiding light through the darkest periods of my grief. I first read Tiny Beautiful Things, a collection of "Dear Sugar" columns, when a friend sent me a copy a few months after the death of my mother. Everyone has their own road to Cheryl Strayed.
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