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The Universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.

Sugar is here.

The both of us, speaking straight into your ears.

I'm Cheryl Strayed.

I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.

Oh dear, don't you please.

She has some little sweet days we've been.

I check my bedbugs every day.

Oh, and this sugar, using my way.

So Cheryl, we're going to talk about fathers.

Because fathers day, this is a father's day episode.

I have to admit upfront that when we talk with my dad,

a lot of feelings when you just said, wow, you have a dad.

And not just a dad, but a really compassionate present in my life,

dispensing of wisdom and concern, kind of dad.

And I think what I want to say is both, I felt very acutely in that moment.

Cheryl does not have a father in her life.

And in some ways a lot of healing to do from that relationship.

And also on the other side of it, incredible gratitude that I do have a dad,

who's still alive, and not just still alive, but vital, and still teaching me things,

and still sometimes in ways that are even uncomfortable for me,

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