The Balancing Act

Jan 2

Jan 2 This is 40

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Birthday Letters, Grief, Groundlessness, Messy Reality

Here we go!

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 1

Apr 1 Blessings

Adrienne Barnard

Balance, Grief, Groundlessness, Messy Reality

Spring in a groundless world

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.

Apr 17

Apr 17 Forsythia

Adrienne Barnard

Family, Grief, Groundlessness, Home, Messy Reality

As I watch the forsythia come to life, I'm thinking about Spring and growth and change and how meaningful that is for us this year.

Dec 21
Dec 21 Lifecycles

Adrienne Barnard

Attachment Parenting, Balance, Emilio, Family, Groundlessness, Grief, Messy Reality, Motherhood, Parenting

"Talk with your children about loss. Share in their joy, and teach them about the cyclical beauty of life.

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. "...