DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #78: The Obliterated Place - The Rumpus.net

You have the power to withstand this sorrow. We all do, though we all claim not to.

DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #78: The Obliterated Place - The Rumpus Skip to content Dear Sugar DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #78: The Obliterated Place By Sugar • July 1, 2011 Dear Sugar, 1. It’s taken me many weeks to compose this letter and even still, I can’t do it right. The only way I can get it out is to make a list instead of write a letter. This is a hard subject and a list helps me contain it. You may change it to a regular letter if you wish to should you choose to publish it. 2. I don’t have a definite question for you. I’m a sad, angry man whose son died. I want him

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