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Midweek Blues

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22 June 2016

By Alex Khalil

Right folks, strap in for an emotional one this week.

There are probably millions of parents who would do anything for their children. Who sacrifice things from time to money to jobs; the list goes on. However, one father from Kansas in the US has topped it.

Josh Marshall’s son was diagnosed with brain cancer, and the resulting operation to save the boy’s life left him with a scar on the right side of his head. The scar left him feeling a bit insecure about his appearance, so his dad did the only sensible thing.

He got the scar of his son tattooed in the same place.

He told Gabriel:

“You know what, I’ll get your scar tattooed… That way, if people want to stare at you, then they can stare at both of us.”

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Right in the feels.

But Marshall didn’t stop at permanent body ink, oh no. He also became a member of the St Baldrick Foundation’s #BestBaldDad competition. Yep, along with getting the tattoo, he also shaved all his hair off so his son wouldn’t feel so alone.

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After Best Dad Ever submitted a picture of his newly shaven head, it was up-voted 5000 times, and won the competition.

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He captioned it:

“Me and my son at this year’s St Baldrick’s event in Wichita, Kansas. Got my son’s scar tattooed to help his self-confidence.

I’m glad that I can kind of spread awareness for the childhood cancer community.”

Happy Wednesday, folks! I’m going to find some tissues and dry my eyes.

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