Tattoo Stories #1

In attempting to keep things interesting around here, I had the idea the other day to pick a tattoo (of mine) on a weekly basis and write a story about it. A two-folded reason, really - it's a way for me to share a large part of my life, and also be more personal about my blog. If people dig it, I would love to open it up and have my readers tell their tattoo stories as well!

I felt like a great place to start is with my first. I got her about three days after turning eighteen, so she looks a little worse for the wear ten years later. I really need to get in and get my sleeve reworked and finished. The story is pretty simple, and like one I'm sure you've heard a thousand times before. I lost my grandma, someone I was very close with, at the age of fifteen, and haven't ever quite been the same since.

The night she died, I was angry at someone else and did not go up to see her. Little did I know, it would be my last opportunity to do so, and I feel like my heart broke even more when I was woken at about 3 AM to the news. It's not something that's easy to get over, and I will definitely always regret it, but it also taught me a lot of things - things like how short life is, and not to argue without a damn good reason anymore.

The basis for the original design was an Amy Brown art piece, called "Forget Me Not". I felt like it was an appropriate homage to my grandma, as we went to a small shop a few months before she passed and she purchased a print of the artwork. I had it on my wall for years, and from the point I received it, I knew it would be my first tattoo.

Since the original piece was finished, I extended it down to my right wrist and had some custom work done around it. I attempted to take a photo of what's there as of now, but I'm fairly certain I almost threw out my rotator cuff attempting.

While I'm thinking about it - have you started following An Epic Liz on bloglovin' yet? Also don't forget to Like on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/anepicliz! July is not too far away, and I would hate for you to miss out on posts! I'll do what I can to put up reminder posts between now and then so nobody forgets. :)

Check back next week for another of my tattoo stories!