Tattoos

As y'all may know I'm obsessed with tattoos. As of right now I currently have 3. But theres no way in hell I'm stopping here. I've been wanting a tattoo since my mom got her first one, I was probably 10 or 11 at the time so couldn't get a tattoo. My moms rule was I had to be 18 before my first tattoo so of course when my 18th birthday rolled around I got my first tattoo! 

All three of mine have meaning and I'll go in to all the meanings under each pictures. 

I have so many ideas for future tattoos thats its unreal. Bascially my imagination wants me to be covered head from toe. Surprisingly I have no problem with that but future career may stand in the way.

Here are my current tattoos and meanings!

This was my first tattoo. I got it January of this year. Its a cherry blossom branch with nine blossoms and one pedal. The menaing behind this one is that the odd number of blossoms are good luck because odd numbers are good luck in China which is where I was born and adopted from. The point of the cherry blossoms is that they grow in China.

This is my second tattoo. I got at the end of March. This one represents the relationship I have with my mom.  We have matching tattoos. So this one is on my right ankle while her's is on her left ankle! My mom and I are extremely close and being down here at school is tough but I know shes watching over me and sending her love!

This is my third tattoo. I got it at the beginning of this past September. Its the Chinese symbol for "Strength". I chose this symbol because it represents everything that has happened with m should and how I'm getting through. Some of y'all may not know the whole story behind my ahoulder but long story short, I had an infection growing in my collar bone which spread to my shoulder. I chose strength because sometimes the pain of my shoulder would be so intense I thought I was gonna give up and let it just ruin my life. But I kept my head up and now this problem is getting resolved. And I'm forever grateful to my orthopedic doctor who performed surgeryon my shoulder.

-H.