Win Our Whale Tail Pendant
19 Mar 2014
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A Whale of a Tale Winner
Congratulations to Elizabeth Goggins, with this winning entry:
"For my 41st birthday I talked a friend of mine into joining me in Baha, Mexico to go whale watching. He came from Washington, DC and I, the US Virgin Islands. We had heated discussions the whole way there because many wanted to turn Leguna San Ignacio, the last place on earth grey whale could give birth in peace, into a salt factory. On my birthday I was petting a grey whale and they and their babies were all around us. On the second day as he, a trained opera singer, sang our little fishing boat was surrounded by a mother and calf playing, a school of dolphin and numerous birds flying overhead. Magical, mystical day and he gave up supporting the factory."
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The Whales are our Record Keepers~Known as ‘Wehengakauki’ by the Maori people~
And, although I’ve never experienced a live whale up close, I have seen a few through binoculars, spouting as they migrated along the Oregon Coast.
I am grateful Whale is a Totem of mine ;)
So, I would wear the pendant proudly!
taiki e! (let it be done!)
Thank you for this opportunity
While going for a cruise in our boat towards Cape Cod, a large whale suddenly appeared directly in front of us. It was scary and fascinating at the same time. It’s an experience we will never forget!
To me this whale pendant symbolizes a killer whale or an orca. She is the queen of all of Earth’s oceans. She is the largest mammillian predator capable of bringing down a great white shark! Her species do not fight over food or territory. Orcas take only what they need to survive. Yet they do defend their own podmates. The oldest female is the leader of the pod and her children never leave her side for their entire lives. She is such a great teacher that her kind have survived and thrived for 11 million years. If this is not the true meaning of the power of the female, I don’t know what is! I ask that orca swim with me everyday so that I too can be a great mother and teacher and remain in my children’s hearts forever. This pendant puts orca into our hearts.
I grew up on an Island in the san jauns in washington state and got to see whales once in awhile and they really are majestic creatures.
I grew up on an Island in the San Juans in Washington State and got to see Whales now and then and they really are majestic creatures