Libya Guerreiro do Valle is 91 years old, is from Brazil and dared to do something that few people his age dare. Anything, as long as he keeps a promise he made to his nephew: if he gets into college, she’d get a tattoo.
It’s never too late to try new experiences, even for an older adult. And an example is Libya.
Decades ago, the idea of permanently scarring her body would never have crossed the mind of a grandmother in Goiania, Brazil.
However, true to her word, she had made a promise to her nephew about it and was determined to keep it. That’s why she now carries her right arm the image of Our Lady of the Aparecida Conceptionvirgin to whom the old woman is devoted.
19 year old nephew tattoo
Pedro Henrique Guerreiro de Queiroz, Libya’s youngest grandson, just 19 years old, had plans to study medicine. That’s why his grandmother had promised him that if he was able to enter he would get a tattoo. And Pedro ended up being selected, alone
“I told him to study hard, do his part and I promised him that if he passed I would get a tattoo. Neither at 20 nor at 90 did I imagine that I would get a tattoo. This is because I promised and we must keep our promises,” Libya said metropolis.
All the trial lasted about two hoursand Libya lived it very calmly, far from any sacrifice or traumatic moment.
“I didn’t feel any pain. My daughters came with me, they talked all the time, smiled. I see people in the reports who say they have suffered a lot, but everyone feels it differently, some suffer more, some less. I didn’t hear a thing,” she assured local media.
Beyond the promises and possible sacrifices, the grandfather swears he was delighted with the result of the tattoo. “Thank God, it was very nice. I did it on her arm,” the woman clarifies three children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Peter’s promise
In the family they ensure that the experience served to further strengthen the bond between the grandmother and the grandson. Although the bad news is that when Pedro starts his studies he will have to move to another state and away from his family.
It is no coincidence that after the Libyan show, the young student had no choice but to make a promise: he would often return to visit his grandmother.
Source: Clarin
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