And Without Further Ado....

I present my new tattoo.

This tattoo has a LOT of meaning for me. It's the tattoo my nephew had on his left shoulder.
When he was in highschool, he had his art teacher draw him this picture and when he turned 18, he had this tattooed on his shoulder.
His parents were very upset but soon got over it.
He was very proud of this tattoo and it looked SO good on him.

A few days after he died, his brother and I searched for the original drawing in his room with the idea of using it for the funeral programs but I got the idea that I would have the tattoo put on myself.
I didn't want to tell his parents because I wasn't sure how they would feel about it.
When I mentioned that I found the drawing, the first thing his dad, my brother-in-law said was, "Hey! I think I'm going to have that tattoo done!"
Soon, my sister was on board as was several of Rick's best friends.

We went back to the tattoo artist that originally did the tattoo, who also has done most of my tattoos, and we were all inked.
It was SO weird seeing my 44 year old sister in that chair being tattooed. I almost wanted to run and stop her because it seemed so odd.
She was so excited getting her first tattoo because she felt so close to her son.

The guys got his full name above the sailfish but I just had "Rick" done by the tail.
I'm very happy with it.

I just hope Rick is too.

Posted by De at March 7, 2005 03:40 PM | TrackBack