HOUSTON – The widow of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth shared a message and explained the tattoo tribute to her husband in a video released online.
The video begins with Kathleen Goforth saying five words: "I love you, Darren. Always."
Three days after Deputy Goforth was shot and killed at a gas station, Kathleen drove to Prison Break Tattoos on Washington Avenue to get a permanent tribute to her late husband.
The tattoo she got is in Latin and during the process she explained the body art to shop owner BK Klev who was recording with his camera.
"I'm getting this tattoo, not just for you Darren, but for all the men and women in uniform who serve and sacrifice to honor them," Kathleen Goforth said in the video. "Whatever deed or evil act is done. Whether we know about it on Earth or not, (it) is done. It will be punished. It will be rectified. It will not go unnoticed."
In the video, she urges people to honor those who serve. It is why her left arm also bears the mark "Be the Change."
"Be the change is the first part of the Gandhi quote: be the change you want to see in the world," Kathleen Goforth said in the video. "What I want to see in the world is our men and women in uniform revered and honored. And (the) '19-84' (tattoo) that was Darren's badge (number). That was yours baby. I love you, Darren. Always."
And with the countless tributes made in honor of Deputy Goforth, none leaves a deeper impression than the one on his wife's left arm.
