by Natalie Ogbourne | Dec 9, 2014 | Lessons from Yellowstone, Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
The sun dawned in the steely sky and peeked through trees veiled by the falling snow. It had begun the night before and lingered, fine and heavy, through the day. “It’s slick,” my son told me when he returned from his mid-day Calc class. I must have looked concerned...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Nov 18, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Once in a while, we encounter the remains of a colossal tree on the trail. Sometimes we find an immense trunk laying on the ground rather than stretched to the sky. Usually, though, it’s a remnant of a root system tipped into the air that gets our attention. We...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Nov 11, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
The screen door crashed and muted footfalls raced across the carpet. “Come outside and look at the sky before it blows away!” called my littlest girl. “Before what blows away?” “The sky, it’s beautiful! But the clouds are moving really fast. I’m afraid you’ll miss...
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by Natalie Ogbourne | Oct 8, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Two years ago my family, parents, brother and sister-in-law, nephew and niece, along with the ones who live in my house–the whole tribe—made the drive to our current summer gathering place: Campfire Bay in Minnesota. That was the year that the Minnesota...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Oct 6, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
My oldest childrenwere six and three when Jonah—A Veggie Tales Movie came out. When we went to see it, they hopped down the street toward the theater with glee. All their favorites were on the big screen: Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Junior Asparagus, and...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Sep 23, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
A low rumble of a growl, that’s how it started. Our first camping trip found us buried further down a country road than I had ever traveled, stuck on one of those rural grassy drives between dusty gravel and green pasture. The little red Plymouth Sundance that I...