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!
The first lesson I distinctly remember learning from my Dad (besides don’t draw on the couch – a post for another day) is how to be a friend. Sure before that moment there had been countless lessons – don’t touch the hot stove, never run out in traffic, stop biting your brother – but my … More To Have A Friend
Hey ya’ll – happy Wednesday!! That’s right its only Wednesday and today was my last full day of work – ALLELUIA!! We are looking at 4 days of life outside the normal routine. Friday I already had off as we are heading to Fairfax hospital for a transplant consult, and then I was granted Thursday … More Weekend That’s A Wrap
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
As you saw this past weekend we kicked off wedding season and for 2016 it is just the beginning! By the time summer is over we will have been to 4 more ceremonies. So as I looked at the calendar a few weeks back I thought how fun it would be to do a post … More Wedding Season: Marriage
Hello folks and happy Tuesday! If you follow us on social media then you know we are coming off one hell of a week! Starting on Monday at 6:30AM, I arrived at the airport and it felt like from that moment on I was running the meeting dash! Off to Orlando I went with my … More Weekend That’s A Wrap
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, … More These Are A Few of My Favorite Things
Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! I am blogging today from Orlando – where my full time role’s Annual Conference is being held. This is our biggest event of the year, when we catch up with our membership in person! My professional career is in association management, with a focus in membership development. This translates to:I … More Weekend That’s A Wrap
Today Have a Little Faith in We officially went public! Since July 2014 I have been telling our story on a blog that you could google and find and I included in a few social media bios, but for the most part it was not something I openly shared. When posting I would send it … More Why I Blog
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
Its another Tuesday….. time for another Weekend Wrap-Up! This past Friday’s original plan was that Danny would head off to a Capitals playoff game and I would lock myself in our home to wrap up the blog! But then all Dan’s invited guests could not make it….. and lucky for him I have no shame … More Weekend – That’s A Wrap!
