And the Winner Is ...

This contest was a LOT more difficult than I thought it would be. I struggled a bit with the pet contest entries in picking who I felt best deserved it. But this contest was far more difficult. I had at least twice as many entries, and almost all of them were emotional. It was so great to see so many tattoos with such intense meanings behind each of them. It took all night and up to this morning for me to finally decide on my winner. I can't begin to fathom the will power it would take to not only hear that you're going to be permanently paralyzed from the chest down, but to overcome the 2% odds of ever walking again and actually do so. I'm excited to announce that my tattoo contest winner is ...

Kristin Donegan

I'm looking forward to our shoot together.

I want to say thank you again to all of the entries. I appreciated and loved every single one of them. Your artwork and stories were beyond moving.