Episode 6: Chapters 7 & 8: The Sleeve Parts I and II

“I was four years old when my dad died. He was 52. We were both too young. As a result of his untimely passing, I grew up with a sense that something was missing. That some part of me, of who I was, was missing. It’s a feeling that is always sort of just hanging out inside of me whether I’m consciously aware of it or not.

Am I like him?

Did I inherit this from him?

Did he like this kind of music, too?

These are the kinds of questions that popped into my mind frequently as I was growing up, and still sometimes do.”

Excerpt From

Skin in the Game: The Stories my Tattoos Tell

Kelly J. Mendenhall

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