The mother of four miraculously awoke and then motioned for a pen and paper, writing, “It’s real.” “Pointing up to heaven with tears in her eyes,” Hines said when asked what her note was about, according to her niece.
Hines recalled her vision, which she described as having Jesus standing in front of black gates with a bright yellow glow behind him. “It was so real, the colors were so vibrant,” she recalled.
As a lasting memory of her aunt’s journey, Johnson said she wanted the tattoo to offer her a “tangibleness to an eternal hope that is not too far away.”
“The way you boldly love Jesus and others has changed the way I hope to live and love,” she stated.
Suede Silver, Johnson’s tattoo artist, posted pictures of the tattoo and its backstory on Facebook. Since then, they have received over
