Lead Photo: “Face of Autumn,” a photo created by David Keddy as a remembrance of the very spot and season where he and Norma met by Lake Banook in Canada, is an abundant gift of sharing and friendship. Admit it. You’ve had a few stressful moments contemplating what gifts you’ll give this year…
“Family is everything,” Carol Sagebin declared in a recent e-mail exchange and video chat. That phrase was a recurring theme as we discussed her life and passion for Big Ocean. Family brought her to Big Ocean. Her sister-in-law is Carolina Sagebin Allen, Big Ocean’s founder. (It can be confusing since both women are named Carolina…
A delegation of Big Ocean women attended the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in March. We gathered information, made new contacts, and interviewed women from around the world who are impacting their communities in positive ways. We are excited to share with members and cottage leaders over the coming months.…
As we have come to the end of the month of May when we honored our mothers on Mother’s Day and recognized that Mother is a verb, we feel it is important to continue to recognize all that the mothers in our lives do. Three Mother Hens does this by sharing stories from real mothers…
Dear Big Ocean Women, Many of us understand Mother’s Day can be fraught with personal feelings of longing, loss, guilt or disappointment. For many, the word “mother” might seem disjointed from their real-life experiences and situations. Yet despite this challenge, our growing maternal feminist collective continues to use and promote the word “mother” to describe ALL…
A member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ardeth Kapp, served in a international leadership position with the young women in her church. Though never able to have children of her own, Ardeth shares with us in this video interview how shepherding the young women of her church as a prominent…
First of all, Valerie, thank you so much for making the time to let us get to know you better. Our Big Ocean tenet number two states that “we are empowered by our feminine nature and biology, and we honor our procreative power.” Midwifery is an ancient art. It has been a part of the…
