Jamie Gray

I am a survivor. My tattoo has Hebrew word for that in it. I’ve survived chronic illness, child abuse etc but I cont. to look up in hope.

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What inspired your most recent tattoo?

I had left my husband of 18 years with my youngest and clothes and had to start over from scratch. I love cats, and I love to read as it was a coping mechanism all my life as it can transport me to other places. Space reminds me of hope as it shows how small we are yet how powerful we can be. I have the Hebrew word survivor on one of the books as I have survived so much and still am. My ex passed away, my dad three weeks later, and I’ve been diagnosed with Dermatomyositis. Yet hope still l

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

What is important to me in my past, present and future and would tell others to be an inspiration

What would you do with the $25,000?

It would change my life. I had to start over five years ago and I have been looking forward to when my last child leaves the nest. I have raised five kids, my oldest 4 being adopted and all are married except my youngest, who’s 17. I would get a fixer upper house as I rent right now so I had something more permanent and something to work on after work and the weekends. Something with more room and to call my own.

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