Author name: Jenny Ng

I am always fascinated by the tattoo culture and the stories behind each individual's ink. As I get older, I begin to appreciate the artistry and skill that goes into creating a tattoo, and I eventually decided to create this blog to talk about every thing tattoo!

Boy in a Wheelchair Asks a Veteran One Question — It Changes Everything

Part 1 – The Boy in the Wheelchair and the Veteran in the Parking Lot They say this country loves its veterans, but on Memorial Day morning I watched a boy in a wheelchair beg men wearing “veteran” caps to help his dying grandfather, and every single one of them walked away. For about five […]

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The Day a Terrified Girl Ran Past the Cops and Threw Herself at Old Soldiers

Part 1 – The Girl Who Ran Past the Sirens and Hit an Old Soldier at Pump Three The barefoot girl slammed into the old soldier so hard his medals clattered to the asphalt, and by the time she sobbed “I need a veteran, please,” half the highway rest stop was already dialing 911 on

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They Called the Cops on a ‘Creepy Grandpa’ — Then the Truth Broke Their Hearts”

Part 1 – The Day the Cops Walked Into the Kids’ Corner Every Wednesday at 3:17 p.m., a homeless-looking old veteran in a faded army jacket buys a kids’ meal for a little girl he isn’t related to—and today the whole town decided that made him a danger. By 3:24 p.m., someone had already called

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We Called Him the Crazy Veteran—Until the Night He Tied Himself to a Stop Sign for My Neighbor’s Son

Part 1 – The Night the “Crazy Vet” Jumped Into the Flood The man our neighborhood had spent three years calling “the crazy vet in lot 14” tied a rope around his chest, shoved the other end into my shaking hands, and jumped into the black floodwater swallowing a child’s home. For a second, nobody

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The Man on the Broken Bridge – How a Forgotten Veteran Held One Girl Above the Flood

Part 1 – The Day the Bridge Broke An old American veteran ended up hanging from a shattered bridge in a record-breaking storm, holding a screaming teenage girl above a black, rising river for hours while millions watched through their phones and had no idea he was already half broken.By the time anyone realized what

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When Veterans Surrounded My Silent Autistic Son and Taught Him to Say “Home Safe”

Eighteen combat veterans surrounded my nonverbal autistic son in an empty parking lot at 3 a.m., and for the first time in five years, he opened his mouth and shouted words I thought I would never hear again. I slammed my car into park, phone in my shaking hand, absolutely certain I was watching a

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