My ink tells a story of overcoming. Overcoming social pressure. Overcoming rape and abuse and failure and fear and finding triumph in me.
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You can't talk about one without the three most current... My most current is memorial to my best friend, who was unjustly gunned down. He was a firefighter and he is one of the people who kept me going when I was in my own fire academy for my current position, and, coincidentally, inspired a part of my sleeve. An instructor was yelling at us and called me a "boat anchor" saying I drug others down. I called Joseph and he told me "listen, Rose, you ARE but a real one. You are solid
If your ink could speak, what would it say?"Remind them what hell looks like when it wears the skin of a gentle human!"
What would you do with the $25,000?Add to the ink, finish my sleeve, and finally buy my motorcycle. Oh, and be responsible and put a chunk of it away in investments...
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