Written by Mara I first met Amanda in the kitchen of my neighbor’s home. We had been talking for a little over an hour when she began to relate the loss of her twenty-month-old son, Bennett. Five years earlier, he had inexplicably passed away in his sleep, and her anguish at that time was unbearable. As…
DetailsCompiled by Sarah Hinze, Life-Culture Specialist and Board Member, Big Ocean Women Women’s Whole Health vs Hellerstedt I was visiting our son and his family in Dallas, Texas on June 27, 2016 when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-3 ruling in the abortion facility medical standards case, Woman’s Whole Health vs. Hellerstedt, striking down Texas’ rules protecting women’s health and safety.…
Details“I am just an ordinary woman,” Mara tried to convince me throughout the interview. “Big Ocean is for every day, ordinary women like me,” she said. “I love that you don’t need any fancy titles, degrees, or accomplishments to be a part of the Big Ocean sisterhood. You just need a belief in the tenets and a desire…
DetailsThe Big Ocean team recently began a new, monthly, live internet discussion about Big Ocean tenets on Facebook Live. Kim Landeen and Dana Goodrich did a great job with the first live Big Ocean event! This video discussion talks about the origins of Big Ocean, and women as a force for positive changes in the world.…
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Big Ocean cottage members have been busy engaging in local and international causes. Links to a few of the organizations cottages have recently helped with are: – Launfal Foundation –Serve a Village –Raise your Hand Foundation –Safety Net –Days for Girls –Liahona Children’s Foundation –Operation Underground Railroad Recently, a cottage in Utah took the opportunity…
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