A few years back I was invited to a birthday party where most of the guests were in couples. We were all seated around a grand table in a divine restaurant in a rather boy/girl/boy/girl seating arrangement…until they came to me…I’m single. The only other single in the room was my friend’s 90 year old grandmother. She and I sat together and I had the time of my life! Nanna gave me a hug and then proceeded to show me the art that she had painted by scrolling though photos on her iphone and then she rolled back her sleeve and revealed her tattoo. That’s right her tattoo.
Nanna explained that when she turned 90 she felt as if she wanted to honor her late husband with a tattoo because she missed him. She went on to inform me that in a few years she was thinking of adding some roses since this particular tattoo had turned out so nicely. She told me about her husband and her love life and then we enjoyed wine and a lovely meal leaving me wanting for only Nanna’s spunk and a tattoo of my very own.
At Christmas this year, my mother announced that she wanted a tattoo for her 70th Birthday this summer. This encouraged the entire room to share what tattoo they would choose if they were so brave as to seek out this body art form. My kids chose symbols from their favorite music artists to blaze their shoulders, my mother chose a bear or a moose to emblaze upon her forearm and I confessed that I’d always liked the idea of a tree of life on my chest. What would you choose?
An article in the Huffington Post discussed that people over 50 are choosing tattoos not only because they are more acceptable in society today than ever before but also because…well why not? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/01/many-women-get-tattoos-po_n_889026.html
I mean really...once you have a wrinkle or two it is not as if people do not know that you have some notches in your belt. Some people choose tattoos to honor loved ones and some people to make a statement about themselves and yet other simple regard tattoos as art. Tattoos are not just for biker people and hooligans! GOOGLE tattoo images and you can choose from butterflies and roses to castles and self portraits…literally the sky is the limit. As in last week’s BLOG I want to challenge you to think and to grow and to get excited about your life…what tattoo would you choose and what is stopping you?
Read more about Jonell Kirby Cash Author of “A Ring A Dance A Second Chance” at
www.jonellkirbycash.com
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