The fourth of July always comes with a tinge of sadness. We are incredibly grateful for the freedom we have in America and all that this day represents to our country. Yet after the fourth, the fifth day of July always comes.
That’s the day we found out that Carmen (most likely) had Tay Sachs. That’s the day our lives changed forever. Three years ago today.
If I ever get a tattoo, I’m pretty sure it’ll be a “©.” The symbol goes back to high school for me, when I tried to emulate the signature of my cross country coach but it always came out looking like the copyright symbol. It stuck and I’ve been using it ever since. Yet it’s come to mean more to me than a silly little way to sign my name.
I’ve been impacted by a lot of things, experiences and people. But when I boil it down to the things that have impacted me the most, the top two both begin with “C.” Carmen has opened my eyes to see life in all new ways. She has helped me see value in those who are largely ignored in this world. She has helped me become a better human being. Christ has given me hope that the pain of this life is not all there is, that we can have so much more than what we simply see here on earth, that there truly is life even when all seems lost.
If Hester Prynne had a Scarlet Letter “A” sown on her dress, I’d definitely get a “©” tattooed on my heart!
If you have a tattoo or were to get one, what would it be? Why?
When we were kids, my brother pulled me down the steps by my feet and he accidentally gave me a rug burn on my back. He didn’t mean to hurt me, it was an accident. We were playing. I still have a scar. My brother died of AIDS in 1995 at the age of 33. I would like to have a heart tattooed around that scar.
I have a heart with angel wings and a halo with Charles Lee written under it in memory of charles
Hi Anna, I never knew until now you are Charles Lee’s Anna
I have a tattoo based on Isa 53:5.
If i ever get another tattoo it will be my daughters name. “Tiffany Josephine”
I have always wanted to get a tattoo but , unfortunately, am not able to do so. I know excatly what I would get if I could. I would have four stars….one for each of my four kiddies. The stars would be colored in the colors of their birthstones- 2 aquamarines, one ruby and one garnet.
oops….excuse my typo in my last post….my brains works much faster than my fingers!
I have two. I have a memorial tattoo for my lil girl…it is her name with angel wings and a halo. Then I recently got a tattoo of a cherryblossom on my foot, that is what my Grandaddy called me and he passed away, and it has my kids names and 5 stars for all of my family. I love my tattoos…they mean something to me…
When I was in the Marines every one got tattoo’s but me. I just never saw anything I wanted on me permanent. I have lots of scars I thought about hiding and if I ever do get tattoo’s I hope they are as meaningful as all of yours.
I have two tattoos already but the next one I get will universally represent Tay-Sachs and the allied diseases! I’m sorry for your pain, love to all!
I have a dove on my foot with Baby Ry’s name written under it -
in a light blue ribbon. He’s been gone for almost a year now. I look forward to seeing him in heaven one day.
I think I would get the word BLESSED on my arm with four dates under it, our anniversary and each of the girls birth dates. I would love to get a tattoo! That would be a big one to start out with though.
I have three tatoos, my daughter ever since she was little has wanted one, I guess because I have them, so I told her if she could come up with something that has a meaning for her, then I would think about it, I’m very lucky because her and I are very close, so when she came to me and said I know what I want to get…she told me we should both get an eternity knot in the middle of our backs because we will be intertwined forever, I could not say no, so we both got them and that is the one that means the most to me
I have a guardian angel that I designed myself and I have a another I designed myself representing my grandparents who have passed- 2 angel feathers and a few stars representing heaven- they always have my back (it is on my right back shoulder), I am never alone.
Carrie T. in NC