{"id":410,"date":"2011-07-11T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hugotorres.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/11\/thoughts-from-alaska-nicoles-parents\/"},"modified":"2011-07-11T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T19:10:00","slug":"thoughts-from-alaska-nicoles-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hugotorres.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/11\/thoughts-from-alaska-nicoles-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from Alaska  &#8211; Nicole&#8217;s Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">Nicole is an only child.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">When we were married, when my in-laws trusted that we were situated as adults, when the time was right&#8230; they moved to Alaska to live out their retirement years.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">I am lucky in the sense that I truly enjoy my in-laws and they have adopted me as a son.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">It is hard that they live so far away and it&#8217;s a very rare treat to see them and so this trip to their home has a very special meaning for us and our squids.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">One of the toughest challenges of the trip were the good-byes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">She was shaken by it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\">She&#8217;s tough and German&#8230;.but when she thought I wasn&#8217;t looking I caught a few tears in her eyes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K8eIkg9Ccf8\/ThtKfrJwm-I\/AAAAAAABLH8\/ocumDxeHKws\/s1600\/DSC_0500.NEF.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"228\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K8eIkg9Ccf8\/ThtKfrJwm-I\/AAAAAAABLH8\/ocumDxeHKws\/s320\/DSC_0500.NEF.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole is an only child. When we were married, when my in-laws trusted that we were situated as adults, when the time was right&#8230; they moved to Alaska to live out their retirement years. I am lucky in the sense that I truly enjoy my in-laws and they have adopted me as a son. 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