Testimonials
First Voyage
— Dedicated to all who journeyed to love with the Humpback Whales and to the members of the International Whaling Commission —
It is a spiritual universe. And together we slipped away under a starry sky from the continents and islands we knew, to meet ourselves — in the light of a dazzling dawn.
With a deep calm upwelling beneath us, we cast our faith and love upon the waters to meet ourselves — for the first time. In the knowledge that healing is possible, and that miracles can and do occur — we swam.
Grace washed over us with every sigh of whale-spout, heave of water and sleek arch of humpback — in a glittering sea.
Was it because we couldn't touch the whales, that we were able to touch each other? Or because the whales touched us so deeply, that we had the courage to reach out?
From mother to calf to me, a song of forgiveness pases from heart to heart to heart, until trust replaces fear—every time.
14 April 2001
Susan L. Grimshaw
"I was at the lowest point in my life — no one could reach me. God reached me through the whales. He knew the humpbacks meant the world to me and I would listen to them." ~ Leona, Hawaii
"It was the first time I saw humpback whales in nature. It touched me very deeply. It was amazing to see them breaching and breaching without getting tired! To see and feel their gentleness and at the same time their great power and strength. A few times the whales allowed me to come very close to them and be with them at their side or right above them. It was so amazing! I learned that it is possible to have a special and meaningful connection with one whale; I am very happy that I had the real experience of it on that trip!" ~ Gitta Horstmann, Germany
