My teacher daughter had to move this week. She had been in her house for just under a year and she scrambled to find a new place as quickly as possible so she didn’t have to ...
Daughts makes a face when I suggest she take Yoga, “It’s too slow and I don’t have the patience.” Granted it’s not like Jazzercise or punchy modern or ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
Author Louise Penny writes in her book, “I had a client once, lovely man. A commercial artist, but also a very fine creative artist…One day he asked a favor. Could his ...
Change does not come easily for me, it requires a lot of conscious effort and diligent practice. Falling off the band wagon of refinement is hazardous especially when I am not looking. ...
I must dream at night because some mornings I wake up exhausted and puzzled. This particular morning I had been dreaming about reading aloud. Teacher-Daughter had asked me, the evening ...
Last Friday, saw, or should I say, heard, the last of my radio shows for a short while. After five years I have decided to take six months off to pursue other passions that ...
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.