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Dear Sugar Letter #38

Dear Sugar Letter #38

Two Letters from Dads

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Nils von Dardel, “The Father.”

Dear Sugar, 

When my ex-wife and I divorced nine years ago, we agreed, at her request, that she and our two young children would leave California, where both our son and daughter were born, and move back to the Midwest to be closer to family. I make my living as a camera operator and needed to remain in California to afford …

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