Elijah, Jerome honor JM with matching tattoos

Elijah and Jerom Canlas get matching tattoos a month after the death of their youngest brother, JM.

According to Elijah’s post, the design features JM’s name enlaced with his “favorite thumbs up pose.”

Childhood photo of JM Canlas and his signature thumbs up pose PHOTO: @elijahcanlas on Instagram

Their cousins get inked, too.

“Matching kami lahat,” writes Elijah in the caption of his Instagram post dated September 2, 2023.

He adds, "I want you with me forever and always. We all do."

Read: Jerom Canlas reveals last message of brother JM Canlas; regrets not being there for him

Most of all, this tatt is approved by Mommy Lyn, who, when JM was still alive, did not allow his sons to get inked.

Here’s Elijah’s back story (published as is): “Remember when you’d always joke about wanting to get a full sleeve of tattoos, JM?

“Tapos sasakyan ko yung pagbibiro mo kay mom until she gets pissed and tells us to not go home if we do push through with it.

“Guess what? Kuya Jerom and I just got tatted today. We even brought Iya with us. Mom’s fine with it now. She actually wants to get one herself. Even Dad wants to get tatted now.”

Iya Villafuerte is JM’s girlfriend. Her tattoo simply states, “Love, JM.”

Canlas brothers Elijah and Jerom with JM's grilfriend Iya Villafuerte showing their tattoos PHOTO: @elijahcanlas on Instagram

Read: Elijah Canlas pays tribute to late brother JM: "This world does not deserve you."

How life has been without JM?

Elijah reveals, “I can’t believe it hasn’t even been a month. Thank you for being my strength.

“I miss you so much it hurts.

"Pero kaya ito ni kuya. Kaya namin ito. We love you more than anything, JM! Habang buhay. Habambuhay.”

Similarly, Jerom, the eldest of the three brothers, writes, “All I know is I love you so so much it hurts.”

JM, or Jamile Matthew Madiclum Canlas, died on August 3, 2023. He was 17.

Read: Former child actor JM Canlas, youngest brother of Elijah Canlas, dies at 17

His family did not specify the cause of death, but its announcement included these hotlines for those who have mental health issues:

• DOH-NCMH Hotline: 0917-899-8727 or 02-7989-8727
• Natasha Goulbourn Foundation Hopeline: 0917-558-4673, 0918-873-4673 and 02-8804-4673
• In Touch Crisis Line: 0917-800-1123, 0922-893-8944 and 02-8893-7603
• Request for FREE legal or psychological counseling services at http://bit.ly/SulongRequestForm For free or donation-based counseling:
• UGAT SandaLine: https://www.facebook.com/contactUGATSandaLine
• UGAT Foundation Inc.: ugatfoundationinc@gmail.com and https://www.facebook.com/ugatfoundationinc