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.”

Apr 8

Apr 8 Peeling Garlic

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Family, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Working Mama

What pulls us and how do we find harmony?

Feb 9

Feb 9 Wake Up Calls

Adrienne Barnard

Ava, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Family, Emilio, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting

“…and there I found myself on the couch with both these small people cuddled on me. It felt like exactly where I was supposed to be. Exactly where I am.”

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.

Dec 13

Dec 13 Parenting is awesomely hard

Adrienne Barnard

Attachment Parenting, Balance, Family, Life Coaching, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting, Photography, Working Mama

Parenting is so much more than you can recognize and realize before you become one. It is so much more than you know even as you’re in the midst of it. And it is hard.