Lyn Misner is a relatively new member of the Big Ocean Women community, and she brings with her a wealth of wisdom and understanding from her life. Lyn grew up in what she describes as a “wonderful family” as the oldest of five children. She feels it was a blessing to have had her paternal…
When leaders for the St. George, Utah, cottage attended the global retreat in Fairview, Utah in August, they were inspired. Since most of their members couldn’t attend, they organized their own retreat three weeks later with a light that is uniquely theirs. They described their purpose this way: As members of Big Ocean Women, we…
On August 21, Big Ocean Women joined like-minded organizations and 200 attendees in a vigil to offer prayer, hope, and support for the people of Afghanistan in wake of the Taliban takeover. See more in a Salt Lake Tribune report and our social media post.
https://youtu.be/5uSi_0NQlyI Margo Watson expresses her gratitude for attending the Big Ocean Women retreat in Fairview, Utah. The retreat took place on the 5th and 6th of August.
“We are empowered by our feminine nature and biology, and we honor our procreative power.” I have come to the realization that I am old. (Not quite an official senior citizen, but close enough.) I have seen quite a shift in attitudes towards women over the years. Most of that is for the best, but…
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Ann Takasaki, executive board member of Big Ocean Women, shared her passion and vision for our work in an interview on Spanish Fork City Television last month. Among the life-changing efforts of our organization are virtual and face-to-face cottage meetings of like-minded women, seeking generative solutions to poverty and abuse, educating women and girls on…
It were a foolish and ridiculous arrogance to esteem ourselves the most perfect thing in this Universe. —Michel De Montaigne. “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World.” —Henry David Thoreau Yesterday it rained, a soaking rain that saturated the soil, sinking deep into the starving earth, and the air seemed to smell of deep…
NiCole Hale is one of the newest leaders in Big Ocean Women, but she has jumped in with both feet and is helping in so many ways. She is the embodiment of qualities she says her family taught her: honesty, kindness, and dependability. “These qualities,” she says, “are the backbone of every success I’ve had.”…
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