I love elephants! Almost 10 years ago, I travelled to India. It was an amazing trip, and the sights, sounds and smells are with me even today. Being immersed in a culture so different from mine, engaging with people who had so very little but were content and taking in all of the beautiful colors changed me for the better.As part of this journey, I visited elephant sanctuaries and learned a lot about the emotional life of the elephant.How they form lifelong bonds, protect one another, and grieve the loss of a loved one or child as we do. Gentle giants. I'm quite sure my spirit animal is an elephant.