Fine line black infinity symbol with the word family in script woven through it, tattooed on the forearm.

Infinity symbol with family script

Fine line · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

A thin black outline of an infinity symbol, with the word family in flowing script running through its loop. The linework is fine and even, and the ink is solid black with no shading or colour. The tattoo sits centred on a forearm against a white tiled background.

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Tom,

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The lamp was returned to the gallery this morning, polished, the brass cleaned with the tin of Brasso you asked me to hide from your father. Mr Pryce from the Trinity office came out on the tender and counted the bulbs twice, which is more than he ever counted the men. He says the new light on Carrick will make ours redundant by Michaelmas, and I told him the sea has never once read a memo.

You will want to know about the bairns. Ellen has her first tooth and bites everything, including the bell rope. Davy walked the length of the gallery on Sunday with his arms out like a gull, and when he reached the rail he turned round and walked back, then turned again, and kept on until his legs gave out. I thought of you, the way you used to pace the landing doing sums in your head. Round and round is how we learned to get anywhere out here.

The relief boat is due Thursday. Your father has promised to row out to meet you, though I know the weather will decide, as it always does. If the wind holds you should see the beam from the headland by dusk, and I will be on the rocks waving the old red cloth like a fool.

If it doesn't hold, take the long road home. It always comes back to the same door in the end, and so will you.

Your loving mother, Mary

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