So,
last Sunday, I took Robin home and met up with her twin older
sisters, Jade and Autumn, who are now 18 and we took ourselves off to
a tattoo studio. However long ago it's been, over two years at least
because I remember the conversation while sitting in our little
apartment in the city house, they decided we should all get matching
tattoos so that they/we would always have a reminder you know,
when I'm dead and all.
Anyway,
I was going to get a tattoo when I turned 50 but I never did because
I couldn't decide what to get and I didn't want anything
just to have a tattoo, being a sort of permanent expression. Then I
sort of forgot about the whole thing. So when they brought it up I
agreed immediately but we have had to wait til the girls turned 18.
Which they did this summer.
I
let them decide the design. I figure they will be living with it a
lot longer than I will. So what we decided on was the yin/yang.
It's a meaningful symbol for me in my life and I hope, I guess, I
have imparted some of that to them. We thought about fancy ones, and
there are some really nice designs out there, but in the end we all
got just the plain symbol, small 1 1/4” in diameter. Which is
relevant as I'm pretty basic as Jade pointed out. Probably we will
have them embellished later, each to our personal taste. In fact I
am already thinking about how I might embellish mine.
So
Sunday, we took ourselves down to the tattoo studio and got our tats.
Autumn and I got ours on our ankle, Jade got hers on her left side
'close to my heart' she says to me. made me a little teary
As
my daughter posted...#thisishowweshowourlove
Dang! I sort of want to get a tattoo now. The friend that visited me this week has such a beautiful sleeve that people came up everywhere we went and told her how much they admired it and I remember when she got her first tattoo and her wife couldn't go with her and asked if I would. Just to keep her company, you know. Two of my kids have tattoos and two don't and many of my adopted kids have tattoos.
ReplyDeleteYou are always an inspiration, Ellen. I am grateful for you.
That's the most meaningful I've heard of for tattoos. So sweet.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I love the solidarity. :)
ReplyDeleteYou and the granddaughters have always been close and it is inspiring. May they never drift away.
ReplyDeleteThe song, "We are Family" comes to mind when reading your post. How wonderful to have such a close loving relationship with your teenage granddaughters.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are all tattooed, two more than the other. My Dad would roll over in his grave. I keep telling middle daughter no more, but at 39 she doesn't listen. She has a sleeve and back ocean theme going on.
ReplyDeletethe one on the ribs must have been the most painful
ReplyDeleteShelley and GK and I have talked about this as well. Three generations of Cuckoos. Looks so cool. You are truly blessed and I got more than a little teary eyed reading about your family love. xoxo Linda
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget my tattoo is there! Mine is on the ankle, a compass. My grandson says it is a family thing, so we can all find our way back to each other. I doubt I would have done it if not for him! They all poo-pooed my suggestion of a tiny dachshund wrapped around my ankle .... The things we will do for our grands!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteI'd get a tattoo if I could think of one that wouldn't look ridiculous on me.
ReplyDeletea tattoo. well I never. I really have never thought about getting one. I wonder why?
ReplyDeletePerhaps I’m too old; when I was young tattoos were never really thought about.
I like the yin and yang idea though.
That is such a cool story, & they look great, but nope, nope, nope-ity nope. Well, maybe if I was under general anesthesia...
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for the animated tattoos. Then I'll get a gif of a running horse
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