Dec 29
What a year this has been for The Path Less Taken! At the beginning of the year, I brought my blog to Facebook, and began sharing it in a whole new way. It’s been scary and overwhelming, and ultimately really, really exciting. I moved my blog to Word Press this year too (which is …
Dec 19
Christmas is less than a week away. I’m not dreaming of sugar plums, but I am dreaming of Oreo balls, black and white cookies, and seeing the magic in my kids’ eyes. I’m thinking of family, and friends, and all the mushy love stuff I tend to avoid the rest of the 364 days …
Dec 13
Today’s guest post was written by my good friend, Amy. I think it’s important to note that I did not twist her arm to write it (in fact she took it upon herself without my knowledge. She’s sneaky like that) But she did have to twist my arm to get me to post it. Not …
Dec 12
Day 11: Go to the Movies A couple shows I remember from my early childhood: The Dukes of Hazzard, Hee Haw, and The Muppets. At Christmas time, the only acceptable album was John Denver and the Muppets. To this day, I cannot hear 12 Days of Christmas without hearing all the muppets’ voices, or that …
Dec 08
I’ve never been very good at fitting in with one group. Never has this been more clear to me than it has been since the advent of Facebook, where I can SEE right there in black and white just how very different my friends are. I have friends who are Christians, friends who are …
Dec 07
Note: This letter is hypothetical. The incident it describes is not. This happened two days ago. Dear Sad Old Man at the Grocery Store, You don’t know me, but we both shopped at the same grocery store the other night. I’m sure you didn’t notice me, as your attention was clearly elsewhere, but I couldn’t …
Dec 06
Just nineteen days till Christmas. I was recently living some Christmases past on my blog, feeling sad about the fact that I’ve always written about our advent activities in great detail, and that this year… um… it’s not happening. I feel like we have been go, go, going for the past six days – they’ve …
Dec 02
Yesterday was the first of advent, and so began what is arguably my favorite time of year. The little ones saw a chocolate advent calendar at the store a few weeks ago, so this year that was added to the activity calendar and the Jesse Tree. I also just got a sweet little e-book …
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