Casey Sherrod

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

One of my most recent (& meaningful) tattoos is the owl on my forearm. When my son was little, he collected different owl stuffed animals that he would send with me every time I had to leave him for extended periods of time. I’d take the owls and show them doing “Army” things while we were out on missions, like flying in a Blackhawk, riding on convoys, or even sleeping under the stars while in the field & send them back to him to let him know we were okay & having f

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

It would tell the story of how a poor kid growing up in Houston persevered to become a strong, driven, and adventurous woman.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I’d use it to travel to the Philippines to start my back piece then make a huge donation to the tattoo shop there. My grandma immigrated here in the 1940’s during WWII when she married an American soldier and I’ve never had the opportunity to meet distant relatives or see all the beauty she described to me for so many years. It’s a huge part of who I am, yet I feel like there’s so much I don’t know about my culture.