Vivienne / February 11, 2024
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There are a lot of fields surrounding us but since our land is bordered with trees ...
Vivienne / March 14, 2015
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Today is my father’s birthday. He would have been the grand old age of 90. “Not so much of the ‘old'” he’d say! He would have been a very lovely ninety at ...
Vivienne / March 13, 2015
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Our flat in London was quiet. We were joint owners of the twenty units. We had our own board of directors and drew up our own terms and conditions. Silence was a requirement. Threat of ...
Vivienne / March 11, 2015
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I have been silent this week on my return from a retreat. It takes me a while to regroup and gather my thoughts so that I may best understand what it was that happened to me during my ...
Vivienne / March 9, 2015
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After 18 months living away, first on a ship, Then sharing with her brother, And finally on her own, Daughts decided to come home. I mention this to one of my homeschooling friends, ...
Vivienne / March 5, 2015
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There are always opportunities for anxiety… Anxiety in my heart weighs it down… As an empty nester I am anxious about my children. I try to put them into God’s capable ...
Vivienne / March 3, 2015
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Twenty-seven years ago today my second child was born. Simon, my Blue-Eyed Son to go with Hubs, my Blue-Eyed Cowboy. As a youngster he was very co-ordinated and practical, preferring to ...
Vivienne / March 2, 2015
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We’ve had a week of it with a few days in between falls to warm up slightly then plunge again to below freezing. 27 degrees with a little aside on my weather app that states, ...
Vivienne / February 25, 2015
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Out of the silence of my retreat I gained an insight. All my life I had wanted to make my parents proud of me, notice me and appreciate the person I am. My strivings were unconscious. ...
Vivienne / February 23, 2015
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We’ve seen some places in our travels around the metroplex, which has expanded North and West alarmingly in the last ten years. We want to be close enough to town, Dallas, for ...
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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Dominion
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Hannah’s Child
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