It was about 2007 and my girls had just come home from dance. Theresa was in high school, Catherine, middle school.

We set out on foot at 5:45 a.m. for our morning game monitoring exercise. We were headed into the woods looking for one of the Big 5.

Not too shabby for the first day. Our small group of volunteers saw four out of the Big Five animals of Africa on our first day during two separate game drives.

As I enter the third phase of my life, I am feeling called to act.