Devotion Ink in Nashua, NH by John Burnham
This is my first tattoo that I got especially for my grandmother.
For my whole life, my Nana was one of the women who raised me and made sure I had everything I needed. When things got tough she stepped in and took good care of my siblings and I. She was always there to make me laugh, and tell me the truth straight up. In the summer of 2011, I had moved in for the summer to help her and my aunt take care of the house and each other while my Aunt was healing. For the whole summer, I spent every day with my Nana. We got in plenty of fights, but she always knew how to make me laugh and take good care of me. She always made sure I had lunch, and that I didn’t sleep all day. She taught me a lot that summer. How to cook, clean, and how to be a good person.
On August 30th, after 4 days of battling for her life after falling, my Nana passed away. It happened so suddenly, it was almost scary. One moment, I was spending the day with her, having dinner with her, and the next I was rushing to the hospital only to spend a weekend in a hospital watching my grandmother lose the battle for her life.
I got this tattoo, to remember her. She always signed birthday cards the same way, and now, on every birthday, on every DAY, I get to remember that she loved me, and still does.
Miss you every single day Nan <3