THE PARENTS of four-year-old Aria Hodgkiss have had touching tattoos done in memory of her. 

In December, Aria, from Rhostyllen, tragically lost her brave 18-month long battle with a brain tumour. 

She had been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) - a tumour of the brain stem - on the day of her third birthday. 

During her fight against the disease, brave little Aria captured the hearts of the people of Wrexham and far beyond - with tributes pouring in following her death. 

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Thousands of pounds was raised to fund a new type of treatment that Aria underwent, including hefty donations from Wrexham AFC's star co-owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. 

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Kind-hearted people also raised enough money for Aria and family to go on her dream holiday to Disneyland Paris last summer. 

Following her passing, her mum and dad, Melanie and Carl, have had special tattoos done in Aria's memory. 

They have had prints of Aria's name, which she had hand-written, tattooed on their arms. 

The Leader: Aria's hand-writing of her name that was used for the tattoo. Aria's hand-writing of her name that was used for the tattoo. (Image: Family photo)

Melanie said: "We have matching tattoos on the same place. We just wanted Aria on us forever so we got her handwriting - we love it so much.

"I just want to say a huge thank you to Kay at the Tattoo Dr in Wrexham for making this possible. She was amazing."

After a photo of the tattoo was shared on the Facebook page in memory of Aria, hundreds of people commented - describing it as "beautiful", "perfect" and "precious". 

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