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The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick.
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 song, won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell rides every day oh, in the sugar you see in my way.
Hi, Steve.
Hi, Cheryl.
So this week, pretty serious topic.
Yeah, this is a tough one.
So when we think about people in our lives dying, I think the.
We see all the time in tv and movie images.
For instance, you know, the sort of the worst nightmare is just receiving that phone call.
And, you know, this is to inform you, I have some bad news for you.
And you think, oh, my God, how calamitous.
You know, not even a chance to say anything, this person's gone.
But actually, this week, we're going to look at what I think is a far more common scenario.
And certainly, if our inbox is any indication, we get dozens of letters of people grappling with what we're calling the long goodbye, when you know that a loved one, especially a parent, which is what we'll talk about for this episode.