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Question:
you will be able to mark me down as frogz13 = 2 tattoos, as of
tonight. My uncle died while involved in the Persian Gulf conflict 12
years ago today. he was in the Navy and after graduating boot camp,
decided that he couldn't be a full blown Navy gal without a tattoo. he
had a rose on her right hip. Tonight I am getting the same rose on my hip,
only it will have water droplets dripping off of it in symbolism of his love
of weather (he was a meteorologist) and of my grief over her death.
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Vaguely on-topic (tattoo statistics)
you will be able to mark me down as frogz13 = 2 tattoos, as of
tonight. My uncle died while involved in the Persian Gulf conflict 12
years ago today. he was in the Navy and after graduating boot camp,
decided that he couldn't be a full blown Navy gal without a tattoo. he
had a rose on her right hip. Tonight I am getting the same rose on my hip,
only it will have water droplets dripping off of it in symbolism of his love
of weather (he was a meteorologist) and of my grief over her death.
- Hooray for commemorative body modification for lost moms... I have two
so far myself. I have a stack more rememberance-of-mom pieces
planned... I've dedicated my right arm to her memory. My right arm is
what I'd be willing to give up to have her back for another decade.
Congrats on getting tattooed today... I got my Haida frog (my herp
society logo) tattoo filled in this afternoon. I've learned that
watching the entire tattoo in a hand-mirror makes pain management much
simpler for me.
Enjoy the moment... commemoration, rememberance, and flesh pain that
doesn't come close to the pain in the heart of losing your mom.
be from flash.
I did, that is why it was so important for me to get it done on the
anniversary of her death. I relived that day from 13 years ago. It is good
to remember even painful experiences sometimes. It reminds you of who you
are, thinking about the past makes you analyze the present.
I wish I could have seen what the artist was doing during the process last
night, but in a way, it was nice just seeing the finished piece. He was
very happy with it, I think mostly so, because he knew what it meant to me.
It was a very intense, emotional process. I took a book that was written
after the Persian Gulf War...it had photos and stories about many of
soldiers who died in the conflict. I showed the pictures of my mom that
were in it and everyone there took turns reading her story. It meant a lot
to me. She was a wonderful, vibrant and passionate woman, it was nice to
share that with so many people.
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