For me my tattoos are all centered around my family and best friend of 30 years.
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My only nephew Bodhi who will be 13 in June. He is my younger brother’s only child and he was born during one of our worse times in life as a family. Our dad was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and a brain tumor. I took off work to take him to his appointments and became his caregiver. My brother was juggling a pregnant wife and a sick dad. My dad was able to see Bodhi the day he was born and one more time before he died. Bodhi is the light that brought us back closer as a family.
If your ink could speak, what would it say?My ink would start telling my story at the age of 22 when you would walk into a tattoo shop on the bad side of town and pick a tattoo from the wall. As you go from tattoo to tattoo you can see the difference in the walk in days compared to when tattoos were becoming more of an art piece. You would have to give the artist the idea that you wanted and it would be drawn up then done. Now it would say find an artist you admire and vibe with keep working on your pieces with them. My story is not done
What would you do with the $25,000?I know exactly what I would do with the money and it would be buy my husband a new truck. We were just living together as boyfriend and girlfriend with our kids. When my dad got sick in 2012 we had only been together for 8 months. Living together for 2 months. He would come over on the weekends to hang out and let me take a nap. He was there when my dad passed. When my job told me I had 3 days of bereavement and I had to return to work he told me to quit and raise the kids. Almost 11 years 💍
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