I'm back!

How many times have I had to use that title... Just sayin'.... Let's not talk about it.

But yes, I'm back! 

After deleting my blog while having a mid-life crisis at the whopping age of 19, I thank God tonight for the "undelete" button!

Wowza. Where do I even begin.

How about here...

Is that an engagement ring, you ask?

Why yes! Yes it is!

Logan asked me to marry him during the Superbowl- Sorry about the power outage, he wanted to make it super special ;)

I'm working on some big things that I can't wait to tell you guys about!

Now tell me- where have y'all been? 

Coming up this week:

February Beauty Faves

OOTD 

Living Intentionally

Don't forget to follow me in the places that I tend to post more often...

Instagram: @torigjohnson

Twitter: @torigjohnson

xo,

T

that's how he came.

I'm back! And just in time for Christmas!
Is is just me... but I totally can't believe Christmas is tomorrow. It doesn't feel like time- I don't feel ready!

I wanted to share from Paige's blog. Another one of my absolute daily reads. I fell in love with the way she explained the true Christmas story. I could never have written this as well as she did:

"she was an unwed pregnant teenager

he was a simple carpenter.

he figured he’d honor her & go ahead and marry her

but divorce her quietly later.

she claimed she was a virgin

& that the Holy Spirit came upon her

& that she would deliver the savior.

the one they had waited long waited for to free her people.

no one believed her.
of course no one believed her.
what a scandal.

they thought their savior was to be a mighty warrior

that he would come to the golden power city Jerusalem.

Jerusalem was the holy city where the temple was located.

they sure weren’t expecting a baby…

in Bethlehem.

nothing good came from Bethlehem.

mary & joseph were traveling & realized she was soon to give birth.

it actually didn’t happen in a barn

it was a hollowed out indention in the mountain

where animals could hide for shelter.

there was yuck there, messy smelly animal yuck there.

it was not clean nor was it quiet.

it was dark and messy.

an angel shows up to shepherds.

shepherds were smelly & dirty & poor.

the shepherds were tending to the sheep

that incidentally were being raised and would be taken to Jerusalem

for sacrifice for people’s sin.

are you following this?

how amazing is that detail.

the first people that found out that their savior

promised about 400 years earlier

had been born

were the shepherds tending to the sheep

that were the sacrifice for sins.

yet HE was to be THE final sacrifice for sins.

i love that detail!!

the shepherds weren’t even allowed in the temple

yet

HE came to them.

not in a fancy church with perfect pews & a steeple

but

to them.

out in their filth & dirt.

on a dark night.

THE light came to them.

majesty in the mess.

that’s how He came."

Merry Christmas.

...

taking a break from blogging for a while.
i have no passion to write. only minor things here and there, quite not worth the time to actually type.
check my twitter: @torigjohnson

xoxo

if your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?

inspiration.

somedays, we just need a little inspiration.

follow my new tumblr account.

cancelled.

That moment.

When you are (for once in your life existence) on time for class. You walk up to the door.

The lights are out. The door is shut. The seats are all empty.

Did you make a time mistake? You check the time. Nope.

You call your classmate to see where she is.

She answers, grogily. You ask her where she is.

And then she says it. And your heart stops beating.

There is so much more I could've done. Why didn't I remember?

Class was cancelled. And I am the idiot that forgot.

So now I'm trying to look busy in the library, but there is only so much a girl can do...

Enjoy my favorite song for the moment. I'll probably end up listening to it 10 more times before my next class begins.

Oh, and happy weekend!

november.

Today is the first day of November. I have a lot to be thankful for, and November is the month of thankful-ness... Right?

So on November 1st... at 1:47 in the morning...

I'm thankful for   warmth. true love. family. homecomings. old music and the memories it brings. happy tears. a good children's book. health. time to write + time to think. time in general. grace potter + the nocturnals. inspiration. creativity. a future.


What's really not to be thankful for?
I'm safe, I'm free, and I'm loved.

Goodnight, or good day...