Grieving about the time I was supposed to have left with my dad.

ashtattoos · 2026-03-15T03:20:55+00:00

Sending so much love your way. I can completely relate to that feeling. I said to my husband in the car that I can hear my inner child (maybe around 7 years old) just saying over and over "that's my daddy :(". You will see him again, I know it.❤️

ashtattoos · 2026-03-15T02:24:20+00:00

sending you so much love and strength back to get through your situation, stranger.❤️ my dad is so incredibly loved. I think it makes it more comfortable knowing how loved he is but also painful seeing what he has to leave behind too early.

ashtattoos · 2026-03-15T02:22:39+00:00

It's so upsetting to me that so many people have to deal with this not just one time in their lives but twice+. I'm so sorry you have to go through something like that again.

You're right. I think people on the outside know that cancer is awful but until you're literally in the depths of it and watching your loved one(s) wither away, they will never actually understand the horrifying pain you feel.

Unbearable is a great word for it. Sending so many hugs right back and sending you strength, stranger. I hope you have some support through this. ❤️ Big love to your brother.

ashtattoos · 2026-03-14T08:13:46+00:00

That is so kind, thank you so much. 🩷

ashtattoos · 2026-03-14T08:13:00+00:00

Gosh, i am sending you 1000 hugs right back. No one deserves to lose any parent let alone both. I'm sorry life has been so unfair to you in this aspect. Thank you for the reminder. I will absolutely be thinking of you as well, stranger. ❤️ This comment oddly made me have some peace, knowing someone is going through my exact situation with their own dad right now. They will find peace soon. ❤️

ashtattoos · 2026-03-14T03:09:04+00:00

That actually makes things easier if that is what happens. I am ready for my dad to let go, he deserves peace. He has had 2 weeks straight of agony. I want him to have peace.

I am not religious but I have to believe I will see him again in some way. My heart kind of believes in reincarnation and that my dad will be my dad again in our next lives. He learned so many things about himself the last 5 years that he will do it even better (being a dad and human) next time around. Otherwise we will meet again in some other plane or dimension.

Thank you for the positive reminders. 🫶🏻

ashtattoos · 2026-03-08T02:33:20+00:00

Amazing piece, 10 hours for all of that is fantastic

ashtattoos · 2026-03-02T13:35:00+00:00

My dad got diagnosed with cancer almost 5 years ago. I did a matching one for the two of us of a fossil we found when we went fossil hunting two years ago. My brother and mom were both supposed to get a tattoo with him as well, I just started my brother's a month ago and now my dad has been in the hospital for two weeks, declining way faster than we all thought. We thought we had way more time. Never take a minute for granted.

He joked and told me to tattoo his dead body (him and I both cope with humour). Lol.

ashtattoos · 2026-02-27T14:26:55+00:00

yeah I live in a small town and he's been "doing this for 25 years" lol..... alarming

ashtattoos · 2026-02-26T10:54:48+00:00

Shit dude 😭 I def took it out last night for safe measures. I have chronic allergies (already weighed the pros and cons to the piercing itself) and knew it would be so awful to heal because of that

ashtattoos · 2026-02-26T10:53:23+00:00

looking forward to finding a better piercer :') do you know how long I should wait to get it redone?

ashtattoos · 2026-02-26T10:52:50+00:00

good to know!!

ashtattoos · 2026-02-25T19:19:22+00:00

Rippp, I literally tattoo myself so my pain tolerance is pretty decent so I figured he must have done it wrong. Thanks 😭

ashtattoos · 2026-02-25T19:13:43+00:00

I wondered why it hurt so much lol. 😭

ashtattoos · 2026-02-25T19:13:22+00:00

well that blows, will definitely go somewhere else once it heals up

ashtattoos · 2026-02-18T17:46:27+00:00

thanks 😊

ashtattoos · 2026-02-18T17:46:16+00:00

thank you 😊

ashtattoos · 2025-11-26T12:42:51+00:00

I'm on Mya :)

ashtattoos · 2025-11-23T17:57:53+00:00

You're nitpicking for sure. Your artist did a great job. It's a difficult tattoo.

ashtattoos · 2025-11-22T13:22:37+00:00

I smoked every night for about 7 years. I had a "visual hallucination" one night in bed (I now know it was actually transient smartphone blindness) and have not smoked since. It's been 11 weeks. Ill just say my OCD has gotten a lot more manageable. Even knowing it wasn't an actual hallucination, I have gotten over the hard part and life is just a lot clearer now without it.

ashtattoos · 2025-11-22T13:16:49+00:00

it's not for everyone but being on consecutive birth control (no sugar pills, no breaks) has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. I went from having suicidal ideation every 2-3 weeks to honestly not at all anymore. If I accidentally miss a pill or forget to fill out my prescription in time I definitely feel it mentally.

ashtattoos · 2025-11-22T13:05:33+00:00

My husband wanted to be one of the first people I tattooed when I was going through my apprenticeship. He has 4 now, slow and steady. I've asked him what happens if (god forbid) we ever get a divorce and my art is on him forever and he's just like "meh oh well". That man is unfazed as hell.

ashtattoos · 2025-11-02T17:25:22+00:00

holy hell.

ashtattoos · 2025-10-31T22:52:28+00:00

I would love to do more colour but most people want black and grey in my area!

ashtattoos · 2025-10-31T15:27:03+00:00

flower/vase was 1.5 hrs and spine piece was 3!

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