O To Be Inspired

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It is a fact that I am always a fan of beginnings. A new blank notebook, start of a new school year, a new job, a move, a new season, a new year……there is so much hope and possibility- it truly is one of my favorite feelings. This is a beginning I have been dreaming of for quite some time. As the perfectionist, OCD, A-type that I am I have been planning and reading and studying and dreaming and hoping and wondering (…..and of course there were some new office supplies involved!) about the start of this chapter and it is here.

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Have a Little Faith in We is the story of our life. The Bessette’s are perfectly, wonderfuly, specially made with our own unique story to share, memories to make and moments to capture and I know this forum will be a very special way to do just that!

In the past two years I have become a blog reader. It started out slow through Pinterest…..to think I could read a little more about where those captured images originated from…and I was hooked! It has been a different interest than my favorite foods, or magazines, or movies, or TV - it was the hook of inspiration. From Pinterest to blogs suddenly I felt I could cook with the best of them, DIY till the glue ran out, find a new wardrobe in my closet, work out like a pro…..I could stop wishing and dreaming and start doing. It has been incredibly fascinating….no matter how many times I see similar picutres or read the same “it is so easy to do” – I still do not become numb to it! In fact I want to dig deeper within and find the creativity that sending out these vibes of inspiration will bring.

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When describing myself I would have to admit, for right or for wrong, I am a black and white person. I have never loved gray, I like a plan (preferably written on a piece of paper). I want an answer and getting it right is the only option. However as I have gone through my 20s and explored more of this new inspiration I am seeing a new side of myself….perhaps an upgraded version. I get the gray…..hell, I have had to learn to live in the gray. Many times I have come to wonder if a part of learning to accept the gray are thanks to blogs from the many different people I follow. Suddenly I am finding a whole new perspective - there is not just one way to skin a cat (aka LIVE your life).

In following folks from a variety of locations, many walks of life and at various points in their own journey I suddenly have inspiration WAY BEYOND just exercising or finding a pretty wreath for each holiday! There is motivation to research different lifestyles, enhance my relationship with my husband, options for expanding our family, or deepening my roots in Catholicism. Inspiration that is making me want to be a better wife, sister, daughter and friend….this is the kind of inspiration that is life changing.

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That has landed me here…. Blogging. If I have been blessed to learn so much from just reading about others – what could I possibly learn more about joining the conversation? If I find myself full of ambitions and inspirations and hopes and dreams….I want to really explore the possibility. Capturing the moments here they become part of our story and can be recalled in an instance. My desire for a corner of the internet to follow our lives and our stories, to relish in the simplistic beauty we can find everyday, to cherish our growth and learn from our frustrations - through faith in God, each other and life together have culminated here – and away we go!

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