09/23/2026
From Cici:
"Well, I didn't think I'd be smiling again so soon after the loss of my Bliss, but here we are 🥹
Recently Jasmine (my second in command) and I went to Utah at the end of July of this year. While there we got matching tattoos at Big Picture Tattoos located in Murray, UT. The owner, Jason Thomas, was such a sweet soul to work with and we found out he does portraits in tattoo ink, to include pet portraits. Jasmine and I thought it would be such a beautiful idea if we started gifting our long-term clients their pets' portraits after they cross the rainbow bridge, and JoJo was our immediate first thought. He had been with us for years and both the and his mom were such unique, fun clients and always a pleasure to work with.
We knew Jessica Nembhard had been hit hard with JoJo's passing, and so we commissioned Jason to create this art for our first collaboration. It came out better than we hoped, however, the portrait came right around the time Bliss had passed, so it was bittersweet, now undergoing a similar sense of grief and loss at the same time.
So because I'm a mess of emotions, I had my employee Michelle drop the gift off at Jessica's door and we texted her to let her know it was there so Jessica could open the gift and process it in private, without the awkward expectation of social interaction and having an audience watch her reaction.
No expected social courtesies of "thanks", hugs, appreciation, nothing.
Just Jessica and her portrait of JoJo in a quiet moment.
She was so kind to text us today about her appreciation. And now I just logged onto Facebook to see this post in my neighborhood page, and Christine Lytwyn 's comment following it.
And so, for the first time in my river of devastated tears I've been shedding since Bliss passed, happy tears have finally joined the fray.
Everyone on my team, including myself, loves what we do. We love our clients, four and two legged. We love the relationship we build over the years.
We aren't perfect. We are a small business trying to get by. But when things get tough, we are always reminded of why we keep going when we see others recognize our passion for what we do.
Thank you, guys. Thank you for reminding me that I'm making my Blissful proud and doing her name justice 🩵
-Cici"
If anyone is interested in contacting Jason for commissions, human or animal, please feel free to reach out! We would love to share his number with you 🩵🩵🩵
Thank you again for the kind words and praise!