Cheryl Strayed has some difficult news.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The author\u2014whose memoir Wild was adapted into Reese Witherspoon<\/a>\u2019s 2014 film of the same name\u2014shared that her \u201cbeloved\u201d husband of 25 years Brian Lindstrom has been diagnosed with an undisclosed \u201cserious, fatal illness.\u201d<\/p>\n In light of the news, Cheryl\u2014who shares two children with Brian\u2014explained she would be cancelling several upcoming workshops and events.<\/p>\n \u201cMy apologies to those of you who made plans to be there,\u201d the 57-year-old wrote on Instagram<\/a> April 30. \u201cI simply cannot do anything but be with my family right now and see to our broken hearts. I ask that you hold us in your thoughts, prayers, light, and love.\u201d<\/p>\n The Tiny Beautiful Things author also noted that while she would continue promoting pre-recorded episodes of her podcast Mind Over Mountain, she understands if the clips feel too joyful for her current mood.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it seems emotionally dissonant to see me posting cheerful clips from my podcast each week, now and over the coming several weeks, it is for me too,” Cheryl wrote. \u201cThose interviews, which I loved doing, were recorded previously, in easier, happier times.\u201d<\/p>\n