Fred DiBella | AARP-Tattoo-Fred.jpg
“My mom is buried at a cemetery in Long Beach. I live in L.A. now, but I try to visit her on Mother’s Day and whenever I can get out there. One day I was there, and I took a picture and sent it to my tattoo artist. I said, ‘Would it be weird to get this as a tattoo?’ I didn’t know if it’d be bad karma. He said, ‘No, as long as it means something to you, let’s do it.’ My mom passed away before I got my first tattoo. I’m not sure what she’d think of this one. She’d probably be more nervous about what my dad would think.”