japanese tattoo babies

japanese tattoo babies
tattoo to remember my two miscarriages?

First of all I dont want to hear any comments about how I shouldn't get a tattoo. This is something personal I need to do and yes - I am fine with it being a permenent reminder because I will never forget the two children I have lost.

I miscarried in July and December (just three weeks ago). Two in the past 5 months. I really want to get something to symbolize this rough journey as I never in a million years would have thought having kids would be so hard.

I dont want anything celtic, zodiac, tribal or chinese/japanese. I believe in the Lord but I also dont want anything to do with wings or cherubs or footprints or handprints, nor dates of the losses. I am looking for something to symbolize either motherhood, a difficult journey, the two months my babies were due, or hope. I thought about combining the two birth month flowers (rose and violet) however can't figure out how to combine them in a way that looks nice.

I'm totally stumped. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I went through something very similar. It was hard because both of my pregnancies ended so early there was no way for me to have sufficient closure as there were no remains available to me because I wasn't far enough along. My first one ended early on, and my second one they were able to tell it was a girl. I have a tattoo of a baby wrapped in angel wings laying on a cloud. Above it is a yellow star and a pink star. There isn't a lot of color in it, a little pink for rosy cheeks and a little blue and purple for shading on the wings. Its very tasteful and the few people I have shown it to, it brought tears to their eyes. I have it placed on my sternum (very high stomach where the stars are right under my cleavage line, doctors and tattoo artists confirmed that it is almost impossible for stretch marks to occur there). I look at my tattoo daily and it helps remind me of the struggles I have had to become a mom, but it also reminds me that its possible. I also have faith that these two will look over my next one (I'm cheesy, but I deserve to be).

If you want to see a picture of it, I would be more than happy to send it to you.

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