As I settled into my homeschool I became cool in the eyes of my children. I was awarded the mother of the year. I knew this because they would proudly brag to their two friends (they’re homeschoolers remember and don’t socialise!) about me allowing:
Snakes to co-habit with us and shed their skins in my bath-tub; raccoons to learn how to swim in our pool; baby squirrels to be bottle fed every three hours and abandoned opossums to cling upside down from my hands by their tails.
This award winning behaviour encouraged my outdoorsman son, the blonde, blue, eyed, husband look alike, to go on and become a, excuse the expression, red-neck! Now that’s an oxymoron in both my father (ish)-in-law’s and my vocabulary, how can I be the epitome of all that’s English and have a son who’s an Aggie???
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.
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