I was not all for him. A tattoo that had newly reminded me to open my heart now represented a loss so deep that I lost all sense of hope, my new life, and myself. I stopped leaving the house.

My dad died in 2020 of a heart attack and I fell into deep grief. I flew to Brazil, where my father lived, and struggled with depression after his death. It was getting tattoos that made me feel ...

Dear Amy: I am a 47-year-old woman. My husband, “Bart,” (age 50) and I have been together for eight years. Bart is a firefighter in a large city. Bart has several tattoos on this left arm (a ...

Her tattoo is a butterfly with the words ‘Look for the Silver Lining.' “I’ve always called him and the other survivors my silver lining,” said Brooks.

Dear Amy: I am a 47-year-old woman. My husband, “Bart,” (age 50) and I have been together for eight years. Bart is a firefighter in a large city. Bart has several tattoos on this left a… ...

As I was thinking this, the tattoo artist looked at me, and he kind of took me in and he looked at his friend and said, "This is wrong, let's just go home." That was a very profound moment.

Dear Amy: I am a 47-year-old woman. My husband, “Bart,” (age 50) and I have been together for eight years. Bart is a firefighter in a large city. Bart has several tattoos on this left arm (a ...

Cullison, who works at Noble Coyote Tattoo in Lincoln Square, reached out to their co-workers and the owner to see if they were on board to tattoo people for a “pay what you can” day.

Dear Amy: I am a 47-year-old woman. My husband, “Bart,” (age 50) and I have been together for eight years. Bart is a firefighter in a large city. Bart has several tattoos on this left a… ...