The Compassion of GIANTS
My mom and I stood at the bow of the boat, braced against the chop. It was July, but the wind was ripping through Monterey Bay, freezing my hands and face. Perfect weather, our tour guide assured us, for catching a glimpse. My family was on vacation in California, and there was a lot to do. But we were on a mission to see just one thing—humpback whales. My mom is a pharmacist who studied marine biology in college. She’d been itching to go whale watching ever since. Now that we were on the boat, she could barely sit still. “I just love whales,” she said. “They’re so majestic.”
My mom isn’t alone in her love of these fantastic creatures.
