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Dear Sugar Letter #30

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Dear Sugar Letter #30

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Cheryl Strayed
May 1, 2023
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Amrita Sher-Gil, “The Little Girl in Blue,” oil on canvas, 1934.

Dear Sugar, 

How do I make my mum happy? She had children really young and I know she resents me and my brother for taking life away from her. I love her but I don’t know how to make her happy without disappearing myself. I don’t know what she wants. I don’t think she knows what she wants. I…

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