Tag Archives: marriage

How to Write About a War You’ve Never Experienced

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Patti Rudin Albaugh

I have just released Rebecca Benson’s War on Amazon.com. Rebecca Benson is woman who can’t forgive her husband Adam for dying in Vietnam, in a war he volunteered to join.  Rebecca struggles to honor her husband’s service, but she can’t ignore  her … Continue reading →

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Not Long Enough

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Patti Rudin Albaugh

In Honor of My Parents’ Seventy-Second Anniversary April 18 Four  middle-aged couples, myself included, sat at a dinner table littered with wadded napkins, half empty coffee cups, and spots of dribbled food. Our conversation ranged from football, to restrained politics, … Continue reading →

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The Mourner in the Corner

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Patti Rudin Albaugh

Remembering the Father of My Children On this Father’s Day, I am thinking of my children’s father, and  my children. At his funeral last December I was the “mourner in the corner.” Widows can weep openly,  but ex-wives ache–ache over lost … Continue reading →

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