Bernice Smith

That my my ink is unique simply because I promised myself that I wouldn't apply any tattoos to my body that didn't have a meaning,

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What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My last tattoo was a star, it absolutely needs to be redone. In the sky that shines so bright the night I was mourning my son. And every so often I'll see this bright star just hovering. So I chose a star to represent my son. When the enemy tries to sneak in the night that I I saw the star. I walked from my house to where my son last lived, and I broke down and I stood on the sidewalk and I just lost it, and I just happened to look up . Mind you not many stars appear in Washington DC..

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

If my tattoos could speak, they would say I hear your heart.

What would you do with the $25,000?

To step out of character with the peace of God. I won $25,000, I will start my organization. I started it after my son passed and it's called a light for Rome. My son's name was Jerome and he was 28 years old, he died by suicide in 2021. Yearly events called a moment in mental health. But I didn't have the money to start a LLC or get a website bill. So I would use my own money and have these events. Unfortunately last year I couldn't afford to do that.

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