New ink and a memorial

[lilith79]

My Dad passed away on 3/5/09. His 55th birthday would have been today. Now, I'm not one to do spur of the moment tattoos, but I've been wanting to do a small memorial tattoo, a shooting star, in memory of my Dad for awhile. The thought occurred to me today that this would be an appropriate day to do it. The reason I chose a shooting star is because my Dad was a brilliant man, but he wasted his brilliance on his addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. If it weren't for the alcohol he could have done so much with his life, and he wouldn't have ended up in prison. If it weren't for the cigarettes he wouldn't have developed COPD in his last months, and probably would have had a healthier heart. He is why I vape today, he is why I quit analogs last February.

The shooting star represents to me talent wasted, and a reminder not to waste my own talent. So here it is. The blue represents him and the purple me. Dad may not have been a perfect man, far from it, but if nothing else he taught me what not to do with my life.

Pic of placement with other tattoo on my left arm

 

[skullfreak]

Looks great.

 

[UntamedRose]

Very cute and meaningful

 

[keyzygirl]

Thats awesome.I love it.The tat and the reason.Very cool.

 

[Enid]

I think that it's wonderful that you found something to permanently remember your father. The significance of the shooting star is perfect.

 

[sensay]

very beautiful Lilith! I also got a tattoo when my dad passed.. and one when my best friend passed! I feels like you keep a little part of them with you!

 

[lynleestar]

Wow that's gorgeous~! I have a friend who took his life on 05/06/07. Ever since I've been thinking about a very similar idea, but more like a star cluster that can be added to, a star for each fallen friend. I really hate pain so it's still just an idea but you've got me thinking about it real hard again~!

 

[gramakittycat]

Wow that's gorgeous~! I have a friend who took his life on 05/06/07. Ever since I've been thinking about a very similar idea, but more like a star cluster that can be added to, a star for each fallen friend. I really hate pain so it's still just an idea but you've got me thinking about it real hard again~!

That is such a cool idea LL;My daughters,all 5, each had a feather tatoo placed as a tribute to their Native American heritage.The feathers are all alittle different as there are different tribes but the one daughter when her son was born made an exact duplicate size and all of his foot with his first name and DOB below it and had it tated between the shoulder blades.She gets alot of compliments and my grandson is now 8 years old.Tats are a very personal way to display events of importance and meaning in to the individual.