by Alice Hotopp and Andrea Bogomoln i How do you cope when your life’s passion asks you to endure the joy and pain of caring for the natural world? Imagine dedicating your career to protecting a whale species—tracking its behavior, monitoring its declining population, and celebrating the hope brought by each birth. Over time, the species becomes a part of your life. Now, imagine responding to the death of one of these whales—a mother that you have known since her birth. She