Welcome, welcome, welcome, friends. I'm Payton, but most people call me Petie, and I'd be honored if you would. There's nothing special about me, really. I'm just an ordinary girl who believes in the extraordinary. A girl who is learning what it means to live.
This is All Things Bright and Beautiful, not just a blog, but my online journal, a place for documenting my thoughts, writing, photos, special moments, and random odds and ends. My biggest passion in life is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and I am a firm believer in books, music, and people. So you can expect to hear about all those quite a bit. (And coffee. Coffee and I have a thing.) And I should warn you, I love to make people laugh. My desire is for this little space on the internet to be a haven for my readers to come and relax, learn, and be inspired to embrace this beautiful life God has given all of us. A place of beauty, encouragement, and ambition. Not a spotlight performance where everyone is watching me, but a coffee-shop type atmosphere where we all mingle together and chat about all sorts of things, big and small, important and petty.
If you stick around here for a while, you'll learn pretty quick that I see life as an adventure, a challenge to be conquered, a journey to be traveled. I don't love by halves. I sing loudly. I do crazy things. My dad says my life should be a musical. But I have this zest, this energy, this fire, for a reason. I am embracing this journey, this adventure, this LIFE that the Lord has given me, and I'm trying to give it all away to Him. This blog is my journey along that road, my ups and downs as I write my own story and strive to proclaim the excellencies of the Lord with everything I do. There will be laughter, tears, idiosyncrasies, rawness, and the occasional craziness, but one thing's for sure: it will be an adventure.
xoxo
(Feel free to explore, look around, and introduce yourself. Make yourselves at home, friends.)
This is a great post. I can't wait for more posts in your new online journal!
ReplyDeleteWow, Petie, you cut your hair!! I loved your old style, but your new one is adorable too!
oh love, love, love the new site!
ReplyDeletecongrats on your new adventure :) can't wait to see where your new site will go!
Oh, BTW, you'll keep your Wordpress site with your previous posts, right? I hope so!
ReplyDeleteI will keep my Wordpress site up for a while at least, haven't quite decided how long. :)
DeleteOh, dear. I'll miss reading some of your old reviews/posts. :(
DeleteI can't wait to see what comes from your new site though. I'm excited!
Excited to join you in this new adventure :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and the hair is gorg. You did it!! You were courageous! It fits you so so well.
Cute new site! :) looking forward to see what the new blog (and the new year) bring for you!
ReplyDeleteCute (the website and YOU!!)! <3
ReplyDeleteOkay, I love this. Like, a lawt. And I love that you've found a platform you're more comfortable with (tried WP for a few months and found it too complicated for what I want to be focusing on right now, though I will say it'll be very handy whenever I decide to transition to a website). The new design is beeee-yootiful, as are you (i love your hair!) and yeah, I'll stop now and just hit publish on this little comment o mine before it gets any longer, heh heh. <3
ReplyDeletenah I'm not following you anymore, who cares.
ReplyDeleteKIDDING CUZ I LOVE THIS. this new space is beautiful and I love how simple and fresh it is and that you're starting on a clean slate on this crazy new journey. one thing I've always admired about your writing is that is really is a coffee-shop type atmosphere. you want to be friends and you're real and you're all about your Jesus.
yeah, you're pretty cool. can't wait to see what this new adventure holds for you. love you lots!
sooo, the sinner has returned to the Lord...aka blogger. heh heh heh. serrisly, I don't know who made this blog design, but whoever did really should have gotten someone to make that sidebar static...GOSH. people these days. they're just so slack. *cough* think of meeee think of me fooondly *ahem*. HAHAHA.
ReplyDeletealso, I LOVES YOUS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS NEW BLOGGER ADVENTURE GOES.
SERIOUSLY. I mean, you'd think by now certain people would just know how to make a sidebar static. What's the deal??
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I LOVE YOU TOOO.
I'm loving this blog so far! I can't wait to see where you go with it! :)
ReplyDeleteMuahahaha.... I can comment now.... *evil grin*
ReplyDeleteLove, love, LOVE your ideas for this new blog. Can't wait to see what God's got in store for you!
-Eowyn-
wow wow wow petie! I'm superbly excited about this. I know how necessary it is to evaluate writing and the purpose of blogs every so often. My complements to Jess for the design!
ReplyDeleteyou're just too dang cute and brilliant and inspiring. stop it. stop it right now.
ReplyDeleteand jessy, you outdid yourself.
P.S. I had to come back because I'm JUST SO EXCITED.
ReplyDeleteI think I like you. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the name Petie. I like that you have a thing for coffee. I like your outlook on life. Looking forward to more posts!
LOVE the new blog. Also I just realized that with the new haircut you reaaaally remind me of Mandy Moore. So yeah. :D
ReplyDeleteoh i think i'm gonna like this. i like how you worded it an adventure... and that life is! :) x
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteYou've got a nice and 'purty' blog!!! Really really looking forward to reading more lovely posts!
Natasha
thestoryofthisgirlslife.blogspot.com
you're absolutely adorable and i love this cute welcome page!
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