While on retreat we wrote our goals for the week. In the evenings and on walks we talked about positive thinking, faith, the Law of Attraction, beliefs, and a new book called, ” The Secret.” We discussed education and how it would be changed if we were in charge. We compared cooking techniques and how to save water with a septic tank. We shared the work we had done each day, we meditated before dinner and did yoga before breakfast. We kept quiet. We grew together, we bonded, we attracted, we developed a great deal of respect for one another, we found out how alike we all were.
On the journey home we talked about hopes and aspirations, ambitions and dreams, where we are now and where we want to be in the future, the same things really! We dug deep for the defining moments in our lives, we owned up to mistakes, worries and fears. We admitted to having already decided what we wanted our future grandchildren to call us and we confessed to disastrous honeymoons! We stopped at rest stops and ate sandwiches in the car, the time flew and at the end of it all I was ambushed by philia. When we unravelled our unique histories we re-wove them into a trelliswork of sweet friendship.
I don’t know how I categorized these five women before we embarked on our Yoga, Writing and Meditation Retreat. I referred to them only as my writing and reading group. They were my group. Not my group of friends, or my friends, just my group, a collective. Now, I have been surprised by friendship.
You can listen to me talk about my trip to Mora, why reading aloud to our children is important, how Buddy lost weight and why Janita Pavelka, my guest, believes balancing work, play and service helps children succeed.
Tune in to Toginet today at 4pm CT and join me for a cup of tea and chat.
Vivienne McNeny is, The Sociable Homechooler.
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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