Meet Big Ocean – Maren Butcher
Maren Butcher, the Board Chair of Big Ocean Women, grew up in El Paso, Texas with her four younger siblings. She remembers her childhood for her trips visiting family, going…
Author Archives: Elle Flake
Elle Flake
After living all across the US, Elle Flake is now loving life by the beach in Florida. She loves playing chess with her husband, Jared, and spends her days taking care of her two little boys at home. She enjoys reading, writing, and long talks on the phone with family. As an oil painter, she looks forward to someday teaching her kids to paint, but for now is loving the simple - and usually mess free -- drawing sessions with crayons at the kitchen table. Creating is her greatest passion and ranges from scribbled drawings of school buses, handwritten novels, and pots and pots of her favorite recipe -- red pepper soup. With all of these fun pastimes, she finds the most joy in creating a happy home for her family.
Recent Posts by Elle Flake:
The Forgotten Protectors
Men are capable providers and protectors of families. As found in one of our tenets at Big Ocean Women, we believe that “active and engaged fathers make a critical difference…