Articles by Vivian Rinaldo

Short

Born and raised in East Tennessee, Vivian Rinaldo grew up close to nature and related to nearly everyone in the valley. "Later on," Vivian relates, "we moved to Kentucky to a larger city, and I worked very hard to lose the hillbilly accent that was the source of much teasing in school. Since I've become an adult, I understand how precious that background and those memories are, and I now try to recapture the flavor of the mountains in everything I write."

The long road ahead of a single mother is a hard one, and some things will naturally make it harder. But perhaps the hardest part of the journey is when you can actually see the last part of the road ahead of you, and know what will happen when you reach it ...

The long road ahead of a single mother is a hard one, and some things will naturally make it harder. But perhaps the hardest part of the journey is when you can actually see the last part of the road ahead of you, and know what will happen when you reach it ...

Ask him the name of his favorite song when you first meet him. It might save you a bit of heartache later ...

Long life, good health ... right up to the day when the phone rings, the cake is done, the darkness begins to fall...

Poem

Then you think, "If it's normal, why is it so painful?"

I had no idea that I was being groomed for servitude ... That I would become both the altar and the acolyte ...