My tattoos are a tapestry of my life encapsulating beauty, death, addiction, grief, hope, faith, expression through music, and my children.
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A miscarriage. Two pieces on my thighs: one on the right that reads, “Just because they leave” and the other on the left, “Doesn't mean they don’t come back”. This piece was how I coped with grief. The message came from a spiritual teacher who helped me immensely.
If your ink could speak, what would it say?You are all of it, the dark and the light. Do not fuck with me for I come from the night. Life almost pulled from me, a needle in my vein. Life is all of it, a lot of joy and a lot of pain. Representations: Black Dahlia: my mother who murdered my spirit; Needle: goodbye; Lovers of Valdaro: together in death; Snake: life force, feminine energy; Lena: honour; I love you: love (written by my son); Campanula persicifolia: Father’s love; Lady Knox: freedom; St. Francis prayer: aspiration.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would immediately sign my daughter up for Montessori preschool to kickstart her school life the way I did for her brother. The rest would go into the RESPs I have set up for both of my children.
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