Before I show today’s entry, I saved this older one. I didn’t post it at the time, because i didn’t know what was going to happen. I didn’t expect any of this to happen a few weeks ago, I wasn’t even thinking about it. But… as the title of this May 17th entry shows… it was an Unexpected Epiphany.

And now, todays….


I got all teary-eyed writing these entries from the past several days. It seems like big things happen all at once with me – coming in waves that knock me over, like the ones that did at the beach. A humbling experience, and a learning one as well. I’m so sad to leave my family, my home, my comforts and luxuries, and the love that’s been given to me so selflessly and freely. And now that this is all happening so quickly, I’ve been reminding myself, when i thought about going to Timeless, that I’m doing this for my career, for my future. This will feed my passion for art, for learning to be a better person, and for my future family. Craig said that Diary of an Apprentice (even though I’ve been a professional tattoo artists for a couple of years now, but will always be Craig’s apprentice as long as I work there) will come to an end, and I should start calling it Diary of a Tattoo Artist. I might change the name to something else, who knows. I will always be Craig’s apprentice, and I will always be an apprentice to life – always learning and experiencing new things. Sigh. I have to go to bed now. It’s been a long day. :’)