DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #87: In the Direction of Real Life
In fear and in pain and in faith, we swim there, to wherever that is, in the direction of real life.
Dear Sugar
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Dear Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, revealed in 2012 as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turned to for advice about writing, relationships, and so much more. This column ran on The Rumpus from 2009-2012 and many of the pieces were collected for the book Tiny Beautiful Things. Read our full archives here.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #86: Tiny Revolutions
Real change happens on the level of the gesture.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #85: We Call This a Clusterfuck
I don’t know if your friendship is built to last a lifetime, but I know the game is worth the candle.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #84: The Distance of the Leap
From what garden or pot or crack in the pavement did you grow? How did you get your water?
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #83: The Major Notes
We sing the song of parenthood in only the major notes. Were you there? Did you love full-throttle?
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #82: The God of Doing it Anyway
I’m here not only to give you permission, but also to say that you must. There is no other way.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #81: A Bit of Sully in Your Sweet
This isn’t a spotless life. There is much ahead, my immaculate little peach.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #80: The Ordinary Miraculous
It’s almost never until later that we can draw a line between this and that.
A Grittier Acknowledgement of What We’re Up Against: A Sugar Addendum
I meant to say there is no cure except to live the hell out of our lives, to take it apart, to put it back together, to dig it all up, and then fill the hole.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #79: Soul-Sucking Spirit Death
When people allow dark crazy thoughts to rule their actions and emotions they like to drag other people into that dark crazy space, too.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #78: The Obliterated Place
You have the power to withstand this sorrow. We all do, though we all claim not to.