Melz sends us this photo of the memorial tattoo she had done for her former husband, portrait tattooed by Leslie Allen, at the time tattooing at Body and Soul in Gutenburg, NJ. Far too young to die! (Vaguely related: In Memorium)
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26 responses to “Ex-Husband Memorial Tattoo”
OMG, he was so young….
OMG, he was so young….
Just a little older than me, one of my younger friends just died 🙁
Just a little older than me, one of my younger friends just died 🙁
Great dedication though
Great dedication though
wow,i’m really just now looking at this…he was only 18 when he died,yet he was someone’s ex husband?!
anyway,this is really weird considering 2004 is the year i graduated from high and the year i thought i’d never make it through:/
wow,i’m really just now looking at this…he was only 18 when he died,yet he was someone’s ex husband?!
anyway,this is really weird considering 2004 is the year i graduated from high and the year i thought i’d never make it through:/
🙁 *hugs*
🙁 *hugs*
too young to leave this world :(…
my heart just goes out to his friends, family, and his ex.
too young to leave this world :(…
my heart just goes out to his friends, family, and his ex.
🙁 he was my age, that’s so hard to believe.
I’m still crying from reading the ‘In Memorium’ here. Memorial modifications really get to me 🙁 I hope everyone is doing fine from that moment
🙁 he was my age, that’s so hard to believe.
I’m still crying from reading the ‘In Memorium’ here. Memorial modifications really get to me 🙁 I hope everyone is doing fine from that moment
goodness, he was my age! My thoughts go out to his wife and family. That is such a sweet tattoo!
goodness, he was my age! My thoughts go out to his wife and family. That is such a sweet tattoo!
Memorial tattoos always make me wonder what the person died from.
Memorial tattoos always make me wonder what the person died from.
i have two memorial tattoos so i know that they can be very healing. this one is very well done and i can tell what kind of person he was.
i have two memorial tattoos so i know that they can be very healing. this one is very well done and i can tell what kind of person he was.
This is one of the few portrait AND memorial tattoos I personally like. It’s such a shame he died so young
This is one of the few portrait AND memorial tattoos I personally like. It’s such a shame he died so young
It’s insane how Time Flies so quickly. It seems as if
June 1987 was just here,and I was graduating High School…….now it’s f*ckin 2007,and my 20 year reunion’s coming up – INSANE!!! Thought I’d be18 forever.
It’s insane how Time Flies so quickly. It seems as if
June 1987 was just here,and I was graduating High School…….now it’s f*ckin 2007,and my 20 year reunion’s coming up – INSANE!!! Thought I’d be18 forever.
i was born in 87
i was born in 87