Welcome to our blog - we are the Bessette family: Jackie, Shannon and Oliver! An extraordinary life is created from all of the ordinary moments....and here in our little corner of the internet you can follow our extraordinarily ordinary!
We live in a world where the human experience is on display more than ever before. The access to each other’s lives is through ways that never used to exist, thus the way we speak to each other’s lives is also much more prevalent. All sorts of issues that used to be left to “better … More Honesty Holds the Power for Change
One of my favorite things about being a blog follower is how the experience goes from just following along to eventually feeling like you are taking advice from a friend. As a result of my love for blogs, I have purchased clothes, tried hair styles, decorated mantles, read books, organized my office, discovered health tricks, and … More These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: 100 Days to Brave
You never know what someone is going through unless you take a walk in their shoes….because what you might find is a harder existence than you expected…. even designer brand shoes. Yesterday we learned of Kate Spade’s passing by suicide. Over the past couple of years I have spent an unbelieveable amount of time studying … More Kate Spade Rest in Peace
One of my favorite things about being a blog follower is how the experience goes from just following along to eventually feeling like you are taking advice from a friend. As a result of my love for blogs, I have purchased clothes, tried hair styles, decorated mantles, read books, organized my office, discovered health tricks, and … More These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: Summer Dinner
Believe it or not when preparing for transplant one of the biggest things we worried about was the amount of help we would need. Help during the wait, help during the surgery, help during recovery…. food, laundry, housing, finances, the dog, travel, taking care of our house, paying our bills, covering work loss- the list … More Fall Celebration
As you all know my baby sister goes to UVA in a beautiful part of Virginia: Charlottesville. It is a great little town that has become quite the destination for quaint little shops, awesome restaurants, and as always a beautiful college landscapes. One of my goals while she is in school is to visit at … More Fall 2017 UVA Visit
Hey friends – happy summer 2018!! Yes – we are officially in the midst of Memorial Day and summer is here! Living in the Northern Virginia area we are lucky enough to experience all 4 seasons and I certainly LOVE things about each one, but there is something extra special about summer. So to kick us off, I am sharing … More 2018 List of Summer Must Have’s
Old school Catholics or maybe just old school people in general can often view anxiety as a made up thing. You know in our world of soy lattes and phones in our pocket that have stronger computer power than the first computer’s used to send a rocket to space – we have way too much … More Anxiety is Real Just Like God
Recently I was in the midst of a decision and was thrown off by someone’s response. You know the type of input “Oh – that’s what your gonna do?” “Oh – that’s what you are gonna wear?” “Oh – that’s your final plan?”. The decision isn’t even something that comes to mind now. It was … More Doing Hard Things …. Despite What They Say
This blog was created to capture our lives and the transplant is one of the biggest aspects to date. While going through the experience I blogged about updates, emergencies, and the emotional toll it takes. But the story itself was something I have not revisited as often as I would like …. well and life … More The Drive to Transplant
