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Title: The Whale
Post by: skydreamers on June 16, 2007, 09:21:45 PM

My mom sent me this in an email....

The Whale

If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle,
you would have read about a female humpback whale
who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps
and lines.

She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help.

Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her ..

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t81/skydreamers/ATT00010.jpg)
a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed gently around --- she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t81/skydreamers/ATT00013.jpg)

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

May you, and all those you love,
be so blessed and fortunate ...
to be surrounded by people
who will help you get untangled
from the things that are binding you.

And, may you always know the joy
of giving and receiving gratitude.

I pass this on to you, in the same spirit.

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: LittleBear on June 16, 2007, 10:44:14 PM

That's beautiful!

Love,

Ursula

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: iris on June 17, 2007, 12:05:45 AM

Diana,

What a wonderful story!!!

Thank you for sharing.


Iris

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: GODSown1 on June 17, 2007, 01:26:10 AM

Beautiful!!!!!,
                d@ is jus AMAZING!!!!!, Praise GOD our Creator of AlL
                muchLOVE!! Pera

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: gmik on June 17, 2007, 02:26:00 AM

OOOOOHHHH  that gave me goosebumps!  Wonderful story!

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: Kat on June 17, 2007, 01:30:09 PM

Hi Diana,

Thanks, that was a very touching story.

Quote

May you, and all those you love,
be so blessed and fortunate ...
to be surrounded by people
who will help you get untangled
from the things that are binding you.

And, may you always know the joy
of giving and receiving gratitude.

You are so right it is wondrful to have friends around us in our time of need.

mercy, peace, and love
Kat

Title: Re: The Whale
Post by: cherokee on June 17, 2007, 02:25:40 PM

Thanks for sharing that amazing story.

It really touched me.

Suzie