G.A. Ink

And I can't sleep so I'm just going to keep going.

I want to get another tattoo.  Two more to be exact.  I already have 2 and I love them.  They both mean something very dear to me.  I have one on my hip of a shooting star that represents a time in my life when I felt I had fallen from grace. Eventually, we'll get into that I'm sure.  I have an other one on my wrist of a small cross - the one I wear around my kneck almost daily.  I got this one to remind me how I'm supposed to act.  I had wanted it for a few years and by the time I got it, I was so excited that I didn't notice that it was too high on my wrist.  I had originally planned on getting low enough so I could wear a watch to hide it.  But I like it better that I can't. 

I want to get one on my rib cage that says "Love God.  Embrace Beauty. And live Life to the Fullest."  My college pastor said that at the end of every sermon.  He always talked about how you can't compartmentalize Christianity.  You can't limit your faith to a Sunday morning or under a watch.  If you do, then it's not really real faith. He also emphasized constantly on really living your life and doing everything to the fullest of your capabilities.  Not half-assing it, if you will.  I watched him die.  Along with several hundred other college students and pa rents.  He was electrocuted in the baptismal one Sunday morning.  I want it to remember him and his teachings.  I want it to talk about him and the things he said when people (if they happen to see it) ask about the tattoo on my rib cage.

I also want a tattoo on the back of my neck just under my hairline.  Like a stamp.  I want it to say either "forgiven" or "grace."  I haven't decided yet.  Grace is my favorite word.  It's just so beautiful.  But forgiven is what I am. 

Oh I am counting the days to get my little GA Ink...and till I have to hide them from my mother.  Who knows - next time you see me, I may even have sleeves of a Paris landscape or of a pug face.  Maybe a collage of the two....hmmmmm....ponder....