I don’t like to wait. Like a stubborn toddler, I want what I want NOW! This applies to waiting in line at the store, for a delayed flight to be rescheduled, or the doctor to finally appear to discuss my medical situation. Over time I have had to agree with the adage that the best…
The woman was older, but in a way that spoke more of experience and enthusiasm and vibrant life than of age, really, her gray hair swept back from her face and held in place with ornate combs. They were interesting things, those combs, bright and colorful against the sober shades of her hair, as bright…
Recently a friend told me about a trip she had made a few years ago to a country in Europe. She thoroughly enjoyed her sightseeing. However, she was dismayed that so many of the small old churches were no longer open to the public. Fortunately, sometimes she could find a caretaker who would let her…
Many have been searching for or examining their faith as the pandemic continues to rage across the world. I have followed that pattern. Multiple evidences witness to me that we are not alone in this world nor governed by the winds of circumstance and man’s fallibility. I have felt God’s love, heard His voice in…
Posted December 11 Perspective changes in an instant. I have been busy with all the things I normally do and then I heard that my brother, Dwight, was struggling with COVID-19 and was in the hospital. From that moment on my life has been changed. The other prayers in my heart have had to move…
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I love that every year the first tenet we discuss as Big Ocean Women is that we are women of faith. My faith is the most important thing in my life. It is what guides every major decision I make, and I try to live it through even my smallest choices. Knowing that 83% of…
With today’s modern society and all of the creative mind-blowing technology that we have at our fingertips, it’s often easy to miss those things which are plain and precious because they seem too simple. There are assets and treasures which we cannot feel with our fingertips and that we can’t actually see with our physical…
We begin the new year with this powerful tenet: “We believe in God and are women of faith.” This is a common theme about which we speak and write. But it is more than words and ideas. It is most powerful when modeled by the examples of women who live it. We invited such women…
“I don’t think we want to go this way,” I said to my husband as we headed north on the freeway right outside of town. It was fall, and we were packed in the car, with our kids and luggage and coolers full of snacks and on the road meals, for a weekend trip to…