Save the Date Day on the Lake 2017 June 1-3 | September 7-9 The Rock and the Kite Tucson Couple Skates On by Angeline Carbajal Editor’s Note: We all see couples in public who turn heads for many reasons. Starting with this edition, we’ll – introduce you to couples who no doubt turn heads. Yet, beyond the curiosity is a deeper story of attraction, commitment, partnership and love. You’re invited to take a deeper look at their lives and relationships. If you know a couple we should profile, contact us. She saw a man running on his hands down the hall and knew she had to meet him. was sitting in the waiting room area watching Ally McBeal,” Emily Eldredge said. just “He “I plopped down right next to him and said hi, but he didn’t even turn his head to look at me. He just kept his eyes glued to the T.V. and we had this whole conversation with him not looking at me at all.” Pasqual Torres confessed he didn’t look at Eldredge because he had just started dating “Paco” his now ex-wife at the time and was nervous to be around another he didn’t know. Torres was a patient awaiting prosthetic legs and Eldredge was a volunteer at Shriner’s Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. Little did the two know this meeting would be the beginning of a lasting partnership. Eldredge attended Torres’s first wedding in 2001 and remained in brief contact for the next eight years. They reconnected in 2009 through Facebook after their previous relationships ended. have always been the person people could lean on when they are in pain, but there were very “I few people with whom I could do that,” Eldredge said. day I emailed Paco sharing all of the “One pain I was feeling around my previous relationship, not knowing if he could handle it. He replied with this compassionate response that as soon as I received it thought he could be for me what I have been for others.” For the first time in their friendship, the pair connected on an emotional level. The relationship blossomed and the two were married on November 8, 2014. was this instant where I felt we could support each other equally,” Eldredge said. “It ‘Wow’
Save the Date Day on the Lake 2017 June 1-3 | September 7-9 The Rock and the Kite Tucson Couple Skates On by Angeline Carbajal Editor’s Note: We all see couples in public who turn heads – for many reasons. Starting with this edition, we’ll introduce you to couples who no doubt turn heads. Yet, beyond the curiosity is a deeper story of attraction, commitment, partnership and love. You’re invited to take a deeper look at their lives and relationships. If you know a couple we should profile, contact us. She saw a man running on his hands down the hall and knew she had to meet him. “He was sitting in the waiting room area watching Ally McBeal,” Emily Eldredge said. “I just plopped down right next to him and said hi, but he didn’t even turn his head to look at me. He just kept his eyes glued to the T.V. and we had this whole conversation with him not looking at me at all.” Pasqual “Paco” Torres confessed he didn’t look at Eldredge because he had just started dating his now ex-wife at the time and was nervous to be around another he didn’t know. Torres was a patient awaiting prosthetic legs and Eldredge was a volunteer at Shriner’s Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. Little did the two know this meeting would be the beginning of a lasting partnership. Eldredge attended Torres’s first wedding in 2001 and remained in brief contact for the next eight years. They reconnected in 2009 through Facebook after their previous relationships ended. “I have always been the person people could lean on when they are in pain, but there were very few people with whom I could do that,” Eldredge said. “One day I emailed Paco sharing all of the pain I was feeling around my previous relationship, not knowing if he could handle it. He replied with this compassionate response that as soon as I received it thought he could be for me what I have been for others.” For the first time in their friendship, the pair connected on an emotional level. The relationship blossomed and the two were married on November 8, 2014. “It was this instant ‘Wow’ where I felt we could support each other equally,” Eldredge said.