An Alberta dad has figured out a way to make his young son feel less conspicuous about a large birthmark on his chest – he got one of his own..Derek Prue Sr. sent 30 hours getting inked at a Stony Plain tattoo shop and emerged with a chest design that matched his eight-year old son’s..Now the story has now turned into a Christmas-season feel-good yarn around the world, being picked up by media organizations like the New York Daily News, CBS and the BBC.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“I knew he was self-conscious, and that made me want just to show him he wasn’t the only one,” Prue told the CBC..He said he noticed Derek Jr. becoming more and more self-conscious about his birthmark the older he got. That included wearing a t-shirt when the lad went swimming..Dad initially thought he could get the tattoo done in a day. But Tony Gibbert, owner of the Juicy Quill tattoo studio, quickly dispelled that notion and had a warning: It’s gonna hurt!.Chest and stomach tattoos are extremely painful, Gibbert said..“After maybe three, four hours, I was like, ‘Yeah, are we almost done?’ And Tony’s like, ‘Yeah, we’re almost done the outline,’” Derek told the CBC..“I’m kind of glad I didn’t know how long it was going to take,” he said..The doting dad chose a family trip to a swimming pool to unveil the chest masterpiece..“I wanted to see his reaction – and now we have the same marks for life,” he said..Junior replied: “I was happy, and I was a little confused because I didn’t know that he was going to do that.”.Derek Jr. told his mom he’ll now take his shirt off when he swims..“Whenever Daddy’s there I can take the shirt off,” he said. .Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
An Alberta dad has figured out a way to make his young son feel less conspicuous about a large birthmark on his chest – he got one of his own..Derek Prue Sr. sent 30 hours getting inked at a Stony Plain tattoo shop and emerged with a chest design that matched his eight-year old son’s..Now the story has now turned into a Christmas-season feel-good yarn around the world, being picked up by media organizations like the New York Daily News, CBS and the BBC.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“I knew he was self-conscious, and that made me want just to show him he wasn’t the only one,” Prue told the CBC..He said he noticed Derek Jr. becoming more and more self-conscious about his birthmark the older he got. That included wearing a t-shirt when the lad went swimming..Dad initially thought he could get the tattoo done in a day. But Tony Gibbert, owner of the Juicy Quill tattoo studio, quickly dispelled that notion and had a warning: It’s gonna hurt!.Chest and stomach tattoos are extremely painful, Gibbert said..“After maybe three, four hours, I was like, ‘Yeah, are we almost done?’ And Tony’s like, ‘Yeah, we’re almost done the outline,’” Derek told the CBC..“I’m kind of glad I didn’t know how long it was going to take,” he said..The doting dad chose a family trip to a swimming pool to unveil the chest masterpiece..“I wanted to see his reaction – and now we have the same marks for life,” he said..Junior replied: “I was happy, and I was a little confused because I didn’t know that he was going to do that.”.Derek Jr. told his mom he’ll now take his shirt off when he swims..“Whenever Daddy’s there I can take the shirt off,” he said. .Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
