If skin is a roadmap of life, then mine will tell my story. My ink is my memory; a painted map of sacred and meaningful moments.
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Home is such a strange word. For those who grew up in houses that never felt like home, with people who didn’t feel like family, where do we belong? I eventually found my home: in the sunshine, in the grass that hugged my body, in the breath that left my mouth and joined with the wind, and in the moment that I found myself lying next to a moth in a moment of perfect peace. The moth and I, together in the same world, felt like a home I was proud to come from. That is the story of my mother
If your ink could speak, what would it say?Thousands of tiny pinpricks made me. Hours spent by the hands of an artist crafted me onto your body. My pigment reaches deep into the layers of your skin, and I will remain with you till death do us part. You brought me into existence because I am beautiful, and you love telling my story. So, tell it.
What would you do with the $25,000?$25,000 would be the seed money for my greatest dream: to have a home. I would use this money as a down-payment for a 2-story house backdropped against the green of North Carolina trees in mid-summer. All I have ever wanted was a place to call home, feel safe, and belong to a people. Now, I have a people, I am safe, and I’m ready to lay roots down. I would use $25,000 for this dream.
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