Currents August 2025 (English and Spanish)
Families are for feasts and famines. For high notes and heartbreaks. For safety and solidarity. Those are some broad descriptions, but in the end, families are for every person in…
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Growing Together as a Family (English and Spanish)
As I move through life, I see my family evolving with me. Each stage brings new joys, growing pains, and opportunities for deeper connection. Right now, I’m in the childbearing…
Currents August 2024
I recently had some experiences that highlighted to me the beauty of family. We gathered with friends and family from various distances to celebrate the first birthday of my grandson.…
Stories Can Keep Your Family Boat Afloat
As an introduction to the power of family stories, let me share one I included in memories of my mom on Family Search in 2016: Baby’s Boat’s Lullaby I remember…
On Badgers, Bears, and Beauty: Learning to be Whole and Holy
I am not, by nature, a morning person, although as I get older that has started to change, partly due to the necessity of rising to teach early 8 a.m.…
Family Work & Play
“As Big Ocean Women we believe; The family unit has the potential to protect, shape, and lift humanity more than any other institution. As families learn, work, and serve harmoniously…
I Hold Space
I was driving home from a gathering of powerful, wonderful women, feeling rejuvenated and knowing I was going to spend time with my wonderful family before my mother-in-law had to…
Carrying Generations
“Can you play the piano for me?” My grandma asked her mom. My great-grandma Elsie looked blankly at the keys. “I don’t know how.” “Just try.” Laying her wrinkled fingers…
Currents August 2021
As I thought about this month’s tenet, “We greatly value the unique and contributing role of families,” my mind went to the great variety of the makeup of families. It’s…
The Power of Family Stories
As a youngster I often walked the quarter mile up our country road to visit my grandparents. As I look back sixty years at those visits, I have come to…
The Priceless Value of Family
The moment I knew my life was about to shift, there was what I can only describe as an internal earthquake at a 9.2 on the Richter scale. I had…
Meet Big Ocean: Holly Sweeten
Greetings to my lovely friends and members of Big Ocean Women! My name is Holly Sweeten and I’ve been asked to take this wonderful opportunity to tell you about myself…