I couldn't love this more! I'm SO glad you're writing Dear Sugar again. I think your Dear Sugar essays are your best work and I still gift Tiny Beautiful Things more than any other book. Thanks, Sugar!
We need your voice so much. Thank you for writing this. (And I feel exactly the same way about writing...can't even remember how to do it, from book to book. Always feels like I'm just pretending, even nine books later.) You've put it into words so beautifully, as always. Thank you, thank you.
Profound words dearest Sugar :) Your voice, your view, your way of making a point...how can you doubt that? WE thrive on it! Love the idea that our self doubts could be strength and not weakness. A catalyst to keep us moving forward....wow, yes. Another Tiny Beautiful Thing for us to treasure. Thank you once again.
"The truest story is always the widest one. It’s the one that folds in the highs alongside the lows, the losses alongside the gains. It looks forward and back. It runs in a jagged line rather than straight. It tells us we must go on, even when going on seems impossible.
You have the tools to make it beautiful again. Go."
Fantastic Sugar... so glad I subscribed. I needed this so much today and now I have words to live by, "It sands the FUCK off, knowing that the FUCK will be back again." We have to keep sanding the fuck out of the FUCKs. Go forward and continue writing...I'll go forward and continue believing that we are all in this together! Heaps of gratitude!
sending you the text i just wrote to my best friend after reading your first dear sugar letter of 2020:
'well, wouldn't you know i'm writing you again today with fresh tears drying on my face.. i opened my email and found my first dear sugar letter in my inbox,
since cheryl strayed recently reinstated her column via her newsletter subscription.
by the second or third sentence, even tho she was writing about a janitor job she had during high school, i was just so happy and relieved to be reading her words and hearing her voice fresh on the page again i started crying😂
she is so f*#king inspiring. . .
the way she writes that pierces through our inferiorities and straight to the heart.. in the way she conveys the essence of what so many of us are feeling at a given time, or place.
if you subscribed, yay for both of us :) if you didn't, she says we can forward a letter once in a while even though it's a paid subscription💕
You are amazing Cheryl! I think it is the mark of a truly humble and self aware, but growing human being to believe that your work, although celebrated, needs improvement. (It doesn’t; you’re fucking brilliant).
When I saw the email from you, I took my time to open it. There were opportunities but I wanted to savor it. I’m surprised I didn’t light candles and put on some nice music. I love that when you’re writing to someone, giving encouragement, it’s so obvious that the perfect words have found you and probably because you open your heart so wide to others. ❤️
I love this so much!
Thank you! xx
I couldn't love this more! I'm SO glad you're writing Dear Sugar again. I think your Dear Sugar essays are your best work and I still gift Tiny Beautiful Things more than any other book. Thanks, Sugar!
Thanks, Deidre! I so appreciate your kindness.
Oh goodness, how I needed this. Have been in the same place nearly every day lately regarding my work as a teacher and my own writing.
I so needed to read this rightthisverysecond. Thank you, Sugar! *runs off to continue scrubbing*
Sugar, this response meets the moment in a profound way for me. So glad I subscribed! Laura
I could not have needed this more today. Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️
We need your voice so much. Thank you for writing this. (And I feel exactly the same way about writing...can't even remember how to do it, from book to book. Always feels like I'm just pretending, even nine books later.) You've put it into words so beautifully, as always. Thank you, thank you.
Profound words dearest Sugar :) Your voice, your view, your way of making a point...how can you doubt that? WE thrive on it! Love the idea that our self doubts could be strength and not weakness. A catalyst to keep us moving forward....wow, yes. Another Tiny Beautiful Thing for us to treasure. Thank you once again.
"What if despair is my companion rather than my adversary?" What a treat to sit down and read your words. Thank you for your clarity & insight!
"The truest story is always the widest one. It’s the one that folds in the highs alongside the lows, the losses alongside the gains. It looks forward and back. It runs in a jagged line rather than straight. It tells us we must go on, even when going on seems impossible.
You have the tools to make it beautiful again. Go."
ALL THE FUCK YESSSSES.
Fantastic Sugar... so glad I subscribed. I needed this so much today and now I have words to live by, "It sands the FUCK off, knowing that the FUCK will be back again." We have to keep sanding the fuck out of the FUCKs. Go forward and continue writing...I'll go forward and continue believing that we are all in this together! Heaps of gratitude!
I really needed this today, Sugar. Thank you!
sending you the text i just wrote to my best friend after reading your first dear sugar letter of 2020:
'well, wouldn't you know i'm writing you again today with fresh tears drying on my face.. i opened my email and found my first dear sugar letter in my inbox,
since cheryl strayed recently reinstated her column via her newsletter subscription.
by the second or third sentence, even tho she was writing about a janitor job she had during high school, i was just so happy and relieved to be reading her words and hearing her voice fresh on the page again i started crying😂
she is so f*#king inspiring. . .
the way she writes that pierces through our inferiorities and straight to the heart.. in the way she conveys the essence of what so many of us are feeling at a given time, or place.
if you subscribed, yay for both of us :) if you didn't, she says we can forward a letter once in a while even though it's a paid subscription💕
thank you sugar♥️❤️♥️💗❤️♥️
Thank you, Heather! And please tell your friend that I'm happy to add him/her/they to the list for no charge if the cost is too much.
Thank you, Cheryl. I needed this today.
You are amazing Cheryl! I think it is the mark of a truly humble and self aware, but growing human being to believe that your work, although celebrated, needs improvement. (It doesn’t; you’re fucking brilliant).
Lori Tullisjust now
When I saw the email from you, I took my time to open it. There were opportunities but I wanted to savor it. I’m surprised I didn’t light candles and put on some nice music. I love that when you’re writing to someone, giving encouragement, it’s so obvious that the perfect words have found you and probably because you open your heart so wide to others. ❤️