Three days after one of my best friends in the world, my nephew Thumper died, the remaining portion of the "Four Friends" went and got a tattoo to Honor Thumper. The tattoo artist scowled at us a bit, but eventually warmed up to it. At one point the tattoo artist stopped, looked at the picture of Thumper, then nodded his head and went back to working. We asked about it, and he said, "I had to verify some of the details." He had a good sense of humor. We even forced the tattoo artist to include all the mistakes on the original; we wanted it just the same.

From the left: nephew Joey, Me, nephew Paul, and my late nephew Thumper.

He was too good for this world, but we wish the world could have enjoyed him a lot longer. 28 years old and died unexpectedly in the prime of health.

Joey and I were very much against ever getting tattoos. We don't regret this one though.



Here is a video of Thumper playing a song at a family party: Thumper Video of Song!