June 26, 1971: A Lonely Day, A Wittle Tear Break
Send us a text This project is starting to get heavy — not just because of how much they wrote, but because of what these letters carry. On June 26, 1971, my mom wrote two letters to my dad. She was pregnant with me, and he was across the world in Vietnam. They couldn’t call. There was no FaceTime. No text. Just words written by hand — and a wait of days, maybe even a week, for each one to arrive. In her first letter, she is aching with loneliness. In the second, she softens a little, sha...
This project is starting to get heavy — not just because of how much they wrote, but because of what these letters carry.
On June 26, 1971, my mom wrote two letters to my dad. She was pregnant with me, and he was across the world in Vietnam. They couldn’t call. There was no FaceTime. No text. Just words written by hand — and a wait of days, maybe even a week, for each one to arrive.
In her first letter, she is aching with loneliness. In the second, she softens a little, shares a poem, pats her belly, and dreams of banana coconut ice cream. It’s one day in their life — and reading it, I cried.
These letters are beautiful. But they take time. And energy. And some days, I don’t know how I’ll keep up with the pace of it all. The podcast part is easy. It’s the reading and feeling and transcribing that take the most out of me.
So if you’re listening — thank you. Your support helps me keep going.
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The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Richard Allgood and Capt. Sarah Allgood during the Vietnam War. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
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