{"id":2084,"date":"2017-02-03T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.wordpress.com\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:37:25","slug":"dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2085\" style=\"width: 2304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?attachment_id=2085\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?fit=2304%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2304,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 50D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1246036898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_1857\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2085\" src=\"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?resize=640%2C960\" alt=\"IMG_1857.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?w=2304&amp;ssl=1 2304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_1857.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC to Goy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">I loved hearing my Dad\u2019s stories when I was little, because he could make an everyday matter into a thrilling adventure with his choice descriptions. And now, I love seeing my nieces and nephews listen with the same rapt attention as he regales them with tales of the escapees from the asylum they lived by, and how his finger was cut off, and Mickey and the rat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instead of staying in our small Mennonite world, my Dad moved our family to Honduras before I was born, and I\u2019ll always be grateful that his adventurousness filled my upbringing with a mix of different cultures and languages and many tortillas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">One of his best traits, I think, is his generosity. He lends freely of his resources to help people that need it, and has passed on his love of giving to his sons. He can also make friends with pretty much anyone he meets, in about five minutes flat. Nobody stays a stranger long around my Dad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved hearing my Dad\u2019s stories when I was little, because he could make an everyday matter into a thrilling adventure with his choice descriptions. And now, I love seeing my nieces and nephews listen with the same rapt attention as he regales them with tales of the escapees from the asylum they lived by, and how his finger was cut off, and Mickey and the rat. Instead of staying in our small Mennonite world, my Dad moved our family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2084\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[92],"tags":[114,134],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-family","tag-month-of-posting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8A8kG-dad","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3128,"url":"https:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3128","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":0},"title":"That Time I Won a Giveaway","author":"Rachel","date":"April 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One Friday evening I left work and was headed to New York for the weekend. 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