The Healing Power of Ink
I found the strength to face family judgment on the other side of a tattoo gun
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7 min readJun 14, 2019
“You’re going to feel a bit of a sting.”
I turned away as the tattoo artist leaned in, the needle humming like a dentist’s drill across my skin. It was my first tattoo, a declaration of freedom from my conservative family. They would disapprove of the permanent…
