Tatted and Proud!

You look at me and what are the first things you notice. All you see is a short girl with long curly brown hair. I open my mouth and all you hear is this loud voice that came out of this little body. You look at my resume and see that I am a very involved person and a leader in many different activities. When you look at me do you think I would have a tattoo? To answer that simple question I have a tattoo. When you look at my with a t-shirt and shorts on you would never be able to see it, but when it comes to summer and I am in a bathing suit you would be able to see my tattoo.

            When getting hired for a job these days, a big part of getting the job is based on appearance. When looking at my appearance an employer would never be able to guess if I had a tattoo or not, nor would they know the meaning behind it. My tattoo has meaning behind it; it was not just put on my body to be there. When a person puts ink onto their body there is always a meaning whether or not it is just for art or if it has a personal meaning (Why Do).

            My tattoo is not only on my skin but also on my two sister’s skin as well. Together we all have a matching tattoo. On our sixteenth birthday my older sister had bought myself and my twin all matching necklaces. Little did I know two years later that the three of us would get that all tattooed onto our bodies. The necklace is a big heart with three little hearts inside of the big heart. Each little heart represents one of us and the big heart is the love that we all share for each other. Now around the side of the necklace it says “Chance made us sisters, hearts made us friends”. This just states that yes we are connected all by the same mother and father, but with our hearts we all became the best of friends.

            Looking at my tattoo some people just see black ink tattooed on my rib cage, but once they ask, they find out that the black ink isn’t only on my rib cage but two other people’s rib cages; and if they just give me two minutes of their time they will know the meaning behind it. At first glance I do not stereotypically look like a girl that has a tattoo. Once you see my tattoo it is real and it does have meaning. When you get tattooed you do not get tattooed just for the hell of it, while some people may say that it has no meaning it most likely does, whether it is a personal meaning or just an art form there is a meaning and sometimes a story behind every tattoo (Why Do).

"Why Do People Get Tattoos?" Web log post. TheTattooedEngineer: Tattoos and Tech. The Tattooed Engineer, 26 May 2011. Web. 6 Apr. 2013.

This blog talks about why people get tattoos and their meanings for getting them. This blog is very helpful because it has plenty of articles that deal with tattoos in many different. This source is credible because the man behind this entire article may just be an average man but it does say he has some knowledge about tattoos by having tattoos.  The blog is very resourceful and a lot of information for tattoo artist or any wanting a tattoo.