Many of you know the loving Karen at Baking in a Tornado. Tamara of The Three Gerbers reached out to Karen’s friends and shared that Karen has never received an advent calendar. Advent calendars come in all shapes and sizes. Last year, we had a magnetic board showing the Christmas story. This advent calendar for Karen is presented by 25 of her closest blogging buddies, sharing their experiences and love for Karen.
Although I write a blog, I struggle with making personal contact with others. Karen has helped me work through some of that, as she reaches out regularly, on my blog and personally. She is just a real person and she is appreciated by many.
I wanted to give her a recipe, but I don’t cook anything outside a small repertoire and it would be boring. I wanted to writer her a poem, but I realized that I’m no good at that either. Instead I figured that I might as well borrow from a Christmas song that lets me talk about all the wonderful things that Karen offers to us. Then I realized this song is SO long, so if you want to jump to the bottom to read all 12 days at once, I’d be fine with that!
On the first day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
A Blog for all of us to read
On the second day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the third day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the fourth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the fifth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the sixth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the seventh day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the eighth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Eight Trials of Parenting
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the ninth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Nine Hours of Drinking
Eight Trials of Parenting
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the tenth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Ten Subjects a Swapping
Nine Hours of Drinking
Eight Trials of Parenting
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the eleventh day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Eleven Ideas for Writing
Ten Subjects a Swapping
Nine Hours of Drinking
Eight Trials of Parenting
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read
On the twelfth day of Christmas
The tornado spun to me:
Twelve Flies a Buzzing
Eleven Ideas for Writing
Ten Subjects a Swapping
Nine Hours of Drinking
Eight Trials of Parenting
Seven Breads a Rising
Six Hands a Reaching
Five Frosted Cakes
Four Dessert Bars
Three Chocolate Cookies
Two Listening Ears
and a Blog for all of us to read.
May you be blessed by this holiday season. Thank you Karen for your kindness, inspiration and desire to be a friend.
This is so cute! You all have a nice group of bloggy friends. I hope you are enjoying this holiday season with your family and friends, girl!
Yes, I am regularly amazed at the love and support that pours from my online friends, often more than my "real" friends.
This was truly amazing and what a sweet Tribute to Karen. Thank you for doing this and sharing with all of us, too!!
Thanks for stopping by. Karen is really sweet!
Thank you so much April, for the kindness and the amount of effort you clearly put into doing all of this for me.
I do want to be sure to tell you that friendship is a two-way street. You are every bit as good a friend to me as you say that I am to you. I'm lucky to have you in my blogging life.
So glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the entire advent calendar!