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Barbara Dowling

Veteran w/ depression and ptsd. Long recovery and would like a spiritual themed sleeve to commemorate my journey

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What inspired your most recent tattoo?

When my mother, my best friend and the woman who taught me about spirituality passed I felt alone and lost. As an only child without her I had no support at that time. She always told me my faith would get me through. One day my internet browser opened to tattoo ideas, one was in Arab letters and said “You must have more faith than fear”. I felt like it was a message from my mom. That was the beginning of my spiritual sleeve… that’s very unfinished.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

The journey has just begun, there is more to this.

What would you do with the $25,000?

My car was totaled over two years ago. I have PTSD and I have a 20 year old son with autism that depends on me. I spend a lot of money on delivery’s and don’t get to go out a lot because public transportation is hard for me. I would get a car.

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