Mostly a memorial tattoo for my dad that was a miner. He died from a heart attack when he was 40. I was 12.
Plus I am the first male in my family to not be in the mine. My great grandfather died due to being crushed in the mine, my grandfather retired from the mine, and my dad worked in the mine. My dad wanted me to go to college just so I wasn’t in the mine.
Just a reminder of where I’m from…
The miner image is from a UMWA propaganda poster that I found from the 40s or 50s.