Yvette Moore can now hear her beloved father Michael talking whenever she needs to.
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A self-confessed ‘Daddy’s girl’ has found a unique way to honour the memory of the father she adored – by having a talking tattoo inked on her left forearm, which plays his voice from beyond the grave.
Mum-of-two Yvette Moore, 40, was heartbroken when her dad Michael Goto died of liver cancer in 2013, aged 67 and, lost in grief, feared she might forget the sound of his voice.
Then, she spotted an Instagram post about a soundwave tattoo, which plays sound aloud using a special app, and decided it would be the perfect way to immortalise her father.
Now, when she holds her mobile over the inking on her left forearm it plays the sound of a video message Michael left for her children, Abigail, 13, and Michael, 10, during his treatment, in which he says: “Hi babies, thank you – I feel better already. I love you. I’ll see you when I get back to the house. Bye bye.”
Yvette, who works with developmentally disabled children and adults where she lives in Covina, California, USA, with her husband Michael, 45, said: “I was so close to my dad. We spent so much time together going swimming and on fishing trips, and he taught me all these skills like DIY and fixing my car – as well as more emotional things, like how to be strong and independent.
“After he died, I did worry about forgetting his voice. The last thing I wanted was for my memories of him to dwindle. But now, he’s immortalised and I can hear him whenever I need to. It’s nice for Abigail and Michael, who is named after my dad, to hear their granddad’s voice, too.”
Full of love and laughter, the childhood Yvette shared with Michael and the rest of her family was a happy one.
Dubbing herself a “Daddy’s girl,” she said she loved nothing more than spending time with her father and was devastated in 2010, when he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
She explained: “Doctors gave him six months, but in the end, he managed to fight for three years.”
She continued: “Towards the end, it was very hard for him, but he still did all he could to make sure everything was in its place for the rest of us. He paid off all his bills, fixed up the house when he was able and even planned his own services, so we wouldn’t have to.
“That was him, though – always thinking of others.
“He was very independent, but I wanted to be there for him while he was ill, so I was by his side at every treatment, with a list of my own questions for the doctor and even helped change his diet, so he could be as healthy as possible.”
While her father was still alive, Yvette decided to get a tattoo to honour him – an inking of a black widow spider on her shoulder, to match a similar design he had.
“He saw it and really liked it,” she added. “I wish he’d had the chance to see the soundwave tattoo, because he’d have loved it.”
And, a couple of years after Michael passed away on 31 March 2013, Yvette, who wanted another tattoo in his memory, was browsing Instagram, when she spotted a post about soundwave inkings.
Created in 2017 by artist Nate Siggard, who went viral after sharing a video of his own tattoo, they take sounds and encode them into designs, which can then be played back via an app called Skin Motion.
Users have had everything from barking dogs to their favourite songs immortalised on their skin.
But, for Yvette, there was only one sound she knew she wanted to hear forever – her dad Michael’s voice.
With only a few artists licensed to create soundwave tattoos, as they are relatively new, Yvette ended up being tattooed by Nate himself, after he advertised online that he would be doing the inkings at a fundraising event last year.
So, after booking an appointment, she then began searching for the right audio clip.
“I searched and searched for anything I had that had Dad’s voice,” she explained. “Then, I found a video we had taken in the hospital one day after he’d had a treatment.”
She added: “He had been recovering, and wanted to record a message for his grandchildren, who’d sent him a good luck video but couldn’t come and see him in person as they were still so young then.
“In the recording, he says, ‘Hi babies, thank you – I feel better already. I love you. I’ll see you when I get back to the house. Bye bye.’
“I chose it because it was lovely to hear him saying, ‘I love you,’ and also because it was a message for Abigail and Michael, so they could hear their granddad talk to them too.”
In total, the tattoo cost Yvette around $150 (£122), plus the $39.99 (£32.65) app fee, and she has praised Nate for his professionalism and artistry.
She added: “I had worried the audio file wouldn’t work, because it was such an old recording, but after waiting about 24 hours for the app to be activated, I was able to play it. I did so at home with my children – the voices Dad was talking back to in the video.
“It was so comforting to hear, but also bittersweet. It brought back all that encouragement and support he gave me, and reminded me to stay strong and keep going, just like he taught – but of course, I still miss him and it hurts.”
Now, Yvette, who also has tattoos of a tiger and cherry blossom mural on her back and a songbird on her leg, continues to treasure her inking, which she says amazes everyone who hears it played.
She added: “At first glance, people often think it’s a lifeline, but when I show them using the Skin Motion app that it’s my dad’s voice, they’re amazed. It almost works like a QR code, scanning the image and playing the sound from my phone.
“Now, I’d say I play it a couple of times a month – maybe more in the rough times.”
She concluded: “I’d like others who have lost someone to know that this is possible, and that these amazing tattoos do work.
“I love that I can hear my father’s voice forever now, whenever I need to.”
Jordan Love isn't the only Green Bay quarterback dealing with a health issue as the Packers attempt to regroup from a brutal 22-16 overtime loss in Chicago that dealt a major blow to their hopes of winning the NFC North.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Sunday that Malik Willis hurt his shoulder while playing the majority of the game in place of Love, who's in concussion protocol after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Austin Booker in the second quarter of Saturday night's game.
“I’d say he’s pretty sore,” LaFleur said of Willis. “That’s a legitimate deal that he’s dealing with, and he’s going to be another guy that we’ll see where he’s at as we progress.”
The Packers (9-5-1) remain unsure about Love's potential availability for their home game Saturday with the Baltimore Ravens.
“That's always a tough one to navigate,” LaFleur said. “There’s a lot of steps to getting through that. But I do think just my conversations with people, I have not specifically talked to him today, but it sounded like he was doing better.”
Green Bay's only other quarterback is Clayton Tune, who was signed to the practice squad in late August. Tune played 13 games and made one start with the Arizona Cardinals from 2023-24, and he went 14 of 23 for 70 yards with two interceptions and no touchdown passes.
LaFleur said running back Josh Jacobs and wide receiver Jayden Reed would be the Packers' two emergency quarterbacks.
Green Bay's injury issues at the quarterback position and elsewhere come at an inopportune time.
After blowing a 10-point lead in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and losing in overtime Saturday, the Packers are 1 1/2 games behind Chicago in the NFC North race with two weeks left in the season.
If the season ended today, the Packers would end up with the NFC's seventh and final playoff seed for a third straight year. That's not what the Packers were expecting when they made the blockbuster trade just before the season to acquire superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons, who's out for the season after tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament in a 34-26 loss at Denver that started Green Bay's two-game skid.
Green Bay did get some good news Sunday when former Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 29-24 victory at Detroit. The Lions' loss means the Packers can clinch a playoff berth by winning just one of their final two games.
“The great thing about this game is it’s bittersweet now," defensive lineman Rashan Gary said after Saturday's game, "but we’ve got another opportunity to erase the taste out of our mouth this week and we have another opportunity to correct ourselves and still put ourselves where want to be at the end of the season.”
Green Bay controlled possession for nearly 39 minutes in a game that lasted just over 65 minutes. The Packers had a season-high 192 yards rushing, their sixth straight game with at least 115 yards on the ground.
In their first full game without Parsons, the Packers kept the Bears out of the end zone for the first 59 1/2 minutes of the game.
Green Bay reached the red zone on five separate occasions and failed to convert any of those opportunities into touchdowns. The Packers also blew a 10-point lead one week after squandering a nine-point, second-half advantage in a 34-26 loss at Denver. The Packers have been outscored 44-20 after halftime over their last two games.
A team that has occasionally been prone to special teams breakdowns had its worst mistake of the season when Romeo Doubs was unable to hang on to an onside kick, setting the Bears up for their tying touchdown in the last minute of regulation.
Without Parsons on the field, the Packers failed to produce a single sack for a second straight game.
Willis. He again showed he's one of the NFL's most reliable backup quarterbacks. Willis, who went 2-0 as a starter last season, played the majority of this game and guided a ball-control offense that had the Packers in position to win for most of the night even as they struggled to turn scoring opportunities into touchdowns.
While playing through a knee injury, Jacobs mustered just 48 yards from scrimmage (36 rushing, 12 receiving) and lost a fumble on first-and-goal from the 4 in the third quarter. He didn't have another carry the rest of the night.
WR Matthew Golden didn't catch a pass for the second time in three games. The rookie first-round pick had no receptions in either of Green Bay's two game with the Bears.
CB Keisean Nixon had the coverage on Caleb Williams' 46-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Moore in overtime. An apparent miscommunication between Nixon and CB Nate Hobbs allowed Jahdae Walker to get free for a tying 6-yard touchdown catch on a fourth-and-4 play with 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Packers have a major lack of depth at tight end after John FitzPatrick injured his Achilles tendon in a game that Josh Whyle didn't play due to a concussion. Green Bay already is missing Tucker Kraft, who was having a Pro Bowl-caliber season before tearing his ACL last month.
RT Zach Tom and S Evan Williams didn't play due to knee injuries.
4 for 48 — NFL teams had successfully converted just four of their 48 onside kick attempts this season, according to Sportradar, before the Bears managed to recover theirs during their comeback Saturday. Chicago's recovery improved the success rate for the season from 8.3% to 10.2%.
The Packers hope they can get a little healthier before playing for a second straight Saturday. Green Bay closes the regular season Jan. 4 at Minnesota.
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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt Lafleur during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis throws during the second half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis signals a play during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Green Bay Packers' Jordan Love scrambles during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
