Tattoos: Body is Canvas.

Yesterday, I did a thing. Well me and one of My Husband's best friends. I got a tattoo. Well one of the many that I have but this has more significance. Not to say that my others do not. But none the less this one holds an ocean of emotions.

Going into this I was unsure as to what to have done to commemorate my love after his passing. My husband would always say don't ever get me tattooed on you. Well, I did and I would most definitely do it all over again. It was a hard one for sure. I agonized over all the little details. I wanted to make sure it was perfect. I wanted be sure this will be the best image I could share with others. If someone would ask the meaning I would gladly tell them.

As our friend and I sat there and waited as the tattoo artist Matt at Geek Ink put everything together, we reminisced of all the good times we shared with David. Matt was really nice and fun. I thank him for sharing this moment with us as well.

With any tattoo I get extremely nervous.Not that I am getting it but more of the finished outcome. In this particular time it was the nervousness of the possible breakdown. It will become more real that my beloved is gone. I am and was floored by it. It's simple but in yet packs so much emotion in one simple tattoo.

First a little back story. David was born on Jan 5th at 9:11 p.m. Now with that time David no matter what would always see the clock at 9:11 am or pm. It was always a bit freaky to him that he would always see that time. He would always text our friend Cherry when the time rolled around and vice versa. After David's passing, I myself started to see 9:11 as he did. In some way I think of it as him there.

Now for the fun part- the break down of the tattoo. My tattoo is comprised of the night of his passing and the time he was born. The moon represents the moon phase Waxing Crescent which was the phase the night he passed, May 16th. The lettering is Cherokee which reads Sonela and Sadu meaning 9 and 11. David is part Cherokee and Cherry's wife and daughter are Cherokee. So, I thought it was very befitting. I placed it right above my one year wedding anniversary present David got me.

With every thing that has transpired in my life I know I will always look down and see our love.

In the coming months I will be doing a project a series of portraits with individuals and their tattoos and stories. This is only part one. Many more to come!

-Jasmine ❤️