I don’t remember if it was in response to a comment or just his general opinion, but I once wrote a letter to the husband of a friend, explaining why I had tattoos. This was years ago now, so I also can’t recall what, exactly, was in the letter, but apparently the writing of it made an indelible impression on me.
I can, however, tell you what made me get my tattoos. My first was a rose on my ankle, which reminded me of my father. Roses were his favourite flower. The dragon on my chest is close to an image I was obsessed with as a young teen. I drew it everywhere. My butterfly on the back of my neck was for the emergence of my life as a mother. I’ve had two more since I wrote the letter, but those three are the ones I have the most connection with. The memories that required me to have an indelible mark placed upon me, so that I’d never forget.
Strangely, I find my tattoos comforting. They are a guarantee that as long as I can still see, I’ll know that I had a life worth writing the story of on my skin.
This rather introspective post was brought to you by Just Jot it January, and in particular, prompted by the word “indelible,” provided by Ruth! Thank you so much, Ruth! You can find Ruth’s JusJoJan post by clicking right here. Please go and say hi! To participate in the prompt, please visit this post, where you’ll find the rules and you can leave your link in the comments.
January 8, 2018 at 2:44 pm
I have three roses on my lower back (well, a tattoo of them, anyway, not actual roses. 😄 It’s old and faded now. Like me. 😄
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January 8, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Ha! Me and mine too. 🙂
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January 8, 2018 at 1:52 pm
I love that your tattoos tell your story, Linda. 🙂
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January 8, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Thank you, Judy. 😀
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January 8, 2018 at 11:23 am
Memories and tattoos are only removed by disease or surgery.
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January 8, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Disease being the worse of the two.
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January 8, 2018 at 5:39 am
you are amazing ❤ i never thought of tattoos in this way. thank you for opening my eyes 🙂
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January 8, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Thanks so much, Alice. 🙂 And you’re welcome. 😀
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January 8, 2018 at 4:49 am
Having a life worth writing the story on your skin! That is amazing I have not looked at it that way before.💜💜
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January 8, 2018 at 3:11 pm
Thank you, Willow. 😀
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January 8, 2018 at 1:28 am
Those are definitely indelible… unless, of course, you decide to have laser!
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January 8, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Apparently laser removal is very painful!
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January 8, 2018 at 3:30 pm
So you’re stuck with indelible!!!
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