Tattoo!

I recently put on my FaceBook page that I am thinking about updating my tattoo.  First,  I have to explain how I came to get a tattoo.  

When my dad passed away, I wanted something to have forever that would remind me of him.  No trinket or clothes, would cut the mustard either that is just "stuff" I didn't want his stuff I wanted something that would constantly be a reminder to me of him, who I am, and something that make me never forget his image.  So, I broke down and gave great thought to a tattoo.  It took all of 2 minutes to come up with what I wanted, I grabbed his sword from his Military school days,  and brought it into Elm Street Tattoo Deep Ellum. 

 I told the artist that I wanted to get a tattoo of his sword.  He more or less laughed at me and said, that would look stupid.. He then said, this sword has some really cool designs on the sword. let's look and see if we can find something within in it that would be cool.  I helped for about 2 minutes, than realized that as creative as I am, this is what HE does for a living.  I left the sword with him and went to the bar next door to relax.. (I was nervous..)  I went back and he had drawn up what is now my tattoo.  It was gorgeous! we set up an appointment and was excited to get it done! 

So, I was watching all these tattoo's shows and noticed it was always the big guy that passed out because of pain.  Needless to say, I was nervous.  Dean Williams (the artist) put me at ease within 5 seconds of sitting down.  He said, "This makes us brothers for life" i'll stop whenever you need, you can grab water when you need it.  I could tell that he knew not only how nervous I was, but how important it was to me.  Fast forward 6 hours of tattooing on my arm.. there were indeed painful sections, but when it got painful I just thought about my dad and all that he had to gone thru.  The pain went away almost instantly.  Came back 4 weeks later for another 5 hours,  and in the end it was worth it.  I have a new brother, a friend in Dean.  We don't talk very often but I don't want to have anyone else tattoo me. 

So, that brings us to the now.  Its all in black, but was just thinking that I wanted to add some color to it.  here is a pic of it as well as my dad.  (Thinking about coloring in the shield. There are stars in the shield as well. can't really see in pic because i'm so white... but they are there)

Would love to hear what you guys think! please post a comment!

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