Rochelle Sharbutt

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

What started as a joke, I was his Miss Mississippi cause I fell in love with him, but we weren't married yet as we were working on getting both divorces finalized... His just cleared around the end of March. Well he unexpectedly passed away on the 16th of April and I knew I had to have that tattooed for him. So now it has dual meaning, I'll forever be Miss Mississippi but also I will always miss, Mississippi too.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

Take that chance, with all your heart, take that chance. I almost never talked to him when we met, but for almost four years I was his queen, he showed me what it felt like to be loved correctly, and I will forever be thankful for that. I was scared to risk everything I had know for almost 20 years but I took that chance and I would not change it for anything.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would fix my teeth, age and children have not been great to the pearly whites. My only hope is probably dentures, but I would prefer implants. They are just so expensive, about 8 years ago I went to a dentist to work up a treatment plan, and with decent dental insurance I was still looking at almost 9k out of pocket. So being a mom I put myself in the back of the line. Anything left of any after fixing my teeth I would start a savings account for all my kids.