The Balancing Act

Jun 27

Jun 27 The Heron

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Fathers, Grief, Groundlessness, Messy Reality

When I live in the moment, I see those herons flying overhead.

And I’m right there with them.

Gracefully managing the flight regardless of the baggage I carry.

May 7

May 7 Lucky 13

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Family, Fathers, Grief, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality, Motherhood

“And it fucking sucks that he doesn’t get to see Ava twirling in her pouffy pink princess costume in front of blooming forsythia.”

Jan 18

Jan 18 Emilio - 8

Adrienne Barnard

Birthday Letters, Emilio, Family, Fathers, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting

Dec 31
Dec 31 Leaving Great Wolf Lodge

Adrienne Barnard

Attachment Parenting, Ava, Balance, Emilio, Family, Fathers, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting, Travel with Kids, Vacation

I want the world for these children I birthed and raised so far. And clearly, going away and spending time together as our Family awakened this knowledge in me. Something I already strived for, but a deeper sense of it was cracked wide open inside of me.

Sep 11

Sep 11 Delicious

Adrienne Barnard

Ava, Balance, Family, Emilio, Fathers, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting

The delicious life that is created amongst the everyday.

May 7

May 7 A dozen gone by

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Family, Fathers, Grief, Groundlessness, Messy Reality

It was a spring morning like this one 12 years ago when my Dad took his last breath.

Dec 3

Dec 3 Giving

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Family, Fathers, Grief, Groundlessness, Messy Reality

Reality check in the holiday season

Nov 13

Nov 13 The Blue Spruce

Adrienne Barnard

Attachment Parenting, Ava, Balance, Fathers, Family, Grief, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting

"I stood where my Dad took his last breath. I stood and held you, my growing child and felt your breathing. Your steady, consistent, sleeping breath. I know how fragile life is. And I don't run away from it. You can't. Isolation is more painful than living and loving deeply knowing it can all be gone far sooner than you'd expect, or want, or think. "...