I DID IT!!!
I’ve wanted to get a tattoo for a long time, but I didn’t know what to get. It had to be something personal and meaningful, I knew that.
My daughter loves all things Disney and when she finished her internship at Disney World, she got a small tattoo of Mickey’s ears on her wrist. My son lived up to the adage “Go big or go home” and got the St. Michael’s Prayer tattooed on his side.
There was no way I could handle something as involved as my son’s. I’m a tough broad but getting stabbed repeatedly for five hours is too much. I wanted something simple and small that would not hurt too badly. Well, it finally hit me. I should get a tattoo that commemorates the journey I am on.
I liked some of the “runner” tattoos I saw online but none of them screamed, “Deface your body with me for life!” My daughter and I pulled elements that I liked from a few and put them together into a tattoo that I loved. So, I had the design and I knew I wanted it on my ankle, now all I needed was the courage to actually do it.
After talking about it for a while, I finally put on my big girl pants and set the appointment with Rick at Elite Tattoo in Center Line.
Rick was great. He put me right at ease and explained everything to me. It stung a little when he started but then it was fine. It was at this point I got a lesson in not opening my big mouth. Just as Rick got to an area close to the bone, the following words came out of my mouth:
“You know, this isn’t bad at AAAAAHHHHHH! YOUR MOTHER SU–” OK, if you’ve ever seen The Exorcist, you know what I yelled. If you haven’t, let’s just say I might have insinuated that his mother provided certain oral favors in the firey pits of hell. It was inappropriate and I apologized profusely. But Mother F@#$%& did it hurt.
I am VERY happy with how it turned out. What do you think?
