Tattoo

This is my left ankle, not my bootie!!! -------->

I have a tattoo. It s a very small tat that is one the inside of my left ankle. It took me a very long time to decide that I wanted it. It took four years after that to convince myself that I was not going to hell if I got it. Now that I have one I want more., at least two more.

Growing up I was the youngest child, problem with the being the youngest is that the road has already been paved by the time you start walking down it. I have a brother that followed the rules, a brother that was rebellious and a sister who was in-between. I watched them, tried to imitate a different characteristic in each. But the bottom line was that I towed the line. I didn't drink until I was 21, I have never smoked a cigarette, I can count the number of guys I dated on one hand. Of course I was in church every Sunday. I thought if I followed the rules people would love me.....

I did some things that were wrong...maybe not following ALL the rules..and I still didn't find the love I wanted...Then I met my hubby..I got the love I need...I realized that God had loved me like that the whole time.

I learned that it didn't matter what others thought of me- God loved me and hubby loved me and that was all that mattered.

So for the biggest act of rebellion in my life I got a tat when I was forty. My tat? As you can see is is an ichthus (a Christian fish.) How big? Smaller than a dime. I put it in a place I can see it everyday and it reminds my that Christ died for me, that God loves me no matter what. I also know that when I turned forty I did something that I have wanted to do for years and loved every minute of it. I have never regretted it. I think it would be cool when I die someone will go, she wasn't really a crabby old woman forever, she must have been cool once upon a time.

So I found a road that none of my siblings have gone down and very few of my members have gone down ( I think there is just three or four of us) Sometimes when you go a new way you are forging a way for those who come behind you. I don't think tats are right for everyone. But I believe that you must be who God made you to be, even if that means going off the beaten path every now and then.