12/31/2025
Here it is, the end of 2025. What a year for myself privately and professionally. It started with opening of Ritual: Arts and Tattoo in Jonesboro followed by the honor of participating in the Delta Art Show at A-State.
During the year I had the opportunity to tattoo many beautiful people with too many hours to record. To each of you- THANK YOU for giving of yourselves to myself and the studio!
My son was accepted at MSU prior to a near fatal accident in May that landed him in LeBonuer. But my year was also filled with friends old and new, some local others stopped by to visit.
Before going off to school I gave my son his first tattoo, and then found out my father had stage 3 melanoma. For my wife and I, our lives would be forever changed: letting go of our son while moving to care for my parents.
My wife had to leave 2 months before me, but I was never forgotten. Thank you to everyone who has checked in on me throughout my transition!! Unbeknownst to me, friends and clients came out one evening to give me a surprise going away party I'll never forget!! Thank you all!! It'll be a moment in time I'll forever cherish!!
After arriving in Pensacolca, I worked to get my bearings. By November I had gotten the studio and myself licensed in FL and was looking at getting back to work again. When lastly, my wandering in a spiritual darkness ended when I entered catechesis and found a home at Basilica of St Michael the Archangel.
There's the high points with more written without words in my heart. This has been a difficult year, but so many of you have been kind and caring towards me and my family. It's been humbling and beautiful to know such loving people. It is my heart that each of you have a blessed 2026!! ❤️🙏✨️