Happy Easter Friends! I hope you all enjoyed a beautiful Easter this past Sunday and are continuing to enjoy the grace and blessings of this season. As you all know I am a lover of new beginnings, fresh starts, and the opportunity to set goals. This year as we welcomed another Easter I thought … More Happy Easter Season 2018!
Today’s Friday Favorite has a Holy Week spin… I am sharing a few of my favorite Saints. There is a common misconception that Catholics worship Saints – that is actually not true. We do like to study their lives, honor their faith, and pray for their intercession on our behalf to the Lord – but … More These are a Few of My Favorite Things – Saints
We are officially half way through – how is your Holy Week going? I am going to be honest – mine has been awesome in the sense that I have really found focus in carrying my faith with me. But in doing so I discovered how much my day to day interactions, reactions, and practices … More Holy Week Tools
Hello friends and happy Holy Week. Yes – it is a very serious week in the Catholic Church. When you enter our places of worship all the statues are covered, the crucifixes draped in purple cloth and it seems every face you see is focused in a very serious state of prayer. But for me … More Holy Week
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 – JCrew Flannels
On March 8 I turned 33 and I continue on with the love affair that is my 30s. When you transition into a new decade it always feels a little unnerving because the days can be long but the years are always so fast. 30 particularly felt so monumental because life had just not gone the way I had expected (I know…. … More 33: Present Over Perfect
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day everyone! Both Danny and I hail from Irish Catholic roots (with a few other things mixed in there- God Bless America!) and this year it has me thinking a lot about family. This day of wearing green and enjoying festive drinks is about fun – but in some ways it just … More Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 2018
February 2018 won’t being making an appearance on the blog. In fact, I am pretty sure it is going to go down in Bessette history as the fastest and fullest month of life that we have ever experienced. Yes, we have had lung transplants, and other months that sorta fall under the “just trying to … More Lent 2018
A series I am very excited to start up this year on HALF is DC Living! Danny and I grew in Northern Virginia- outside DC and much of our childhoods, then dating and married life have included this special city… and now we want to share a little piece of that life here! The chilly … More DC Living: Time for Tea
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 – Dry Shampoo
Have A Little Faith in We 