The Meaning Behind The Ink

Any time someone sees my tattoos they always ask me the meaning behind them. 

This was my first tattoo...I had went skydiving with my sister that morning and at the last minute we decided to go get my first tattoo done. I was very involved with my church at the time and I thought this tattoo was very fitting.

My second one I got done after my divorce was final, it was my gift to myself after putting up with a lot of bad stuff. It was a new beginning for me and this tattoo represented that for me.

This is the chinese symbol for Faith...I had Faith in myself to walk away from a bad situation and not look back

Chinese symbol for Strength. I had the strength to walk away from the bad situation and stand up for what I knew wasn't right.

When my Mom was diagnosed with cancer my sister and I wanted to do something special. The ribbon is the pancreatic cancer ribbon and the monarch butterfly is very special because my sister saw this the morning my Mom was diagnosed. She said she still sees one flying around outside every now and then.

I got this tattoo done when Kyle was deployed. I wanted to do something to honor him and show my never ending support and love. 

In 2014 Kyle and I ran our first full marathon, we knew that we wanted to get something to commemorate the event. We both ended up getting tattoos and it is an awesome reminder of what we accomplished.

 

 Going through the miscarriages and infertility journey I knew that I wanted a tattoo of some sort to honor those sweet babies that we have lost. I came up with this tattoo design and I love it. It is the pregnancy and infant loss ribbon with 5 small hearts representing the babies that we have lost.

 All of these tattoos are incredibly special to me and I have never been one to get a tattoo on a whim. They will be with me for the rest of my life and I want them to mean something.

Do you have any tattoos with meaning? If not, do you want to get one?