new tattoo...

so i got a new tattoo...

i'm sure most of you saw a sneak peak of it in my last 

{hot mama} pics, but i wanted to share a little more of the background story with you.

so a little over a year ago my nana passed away.

now she wasn't just your plain old, jane old nana.

she. was. awesome.

i've never met a person with so much joy in all my life.

even while dying of stage four ovarian cancer, 

she would joke, laugh, smile and sing. 

sure she had some rough moments, too.

it's a hard disease. 

but even still,

 to the end, 

she was truly a magnificent person.

an absolute joy to be around. 

so on the one year anniversary of her passing,

 my sister and i decided to honor her memory with a tattoo.

we talked about all sorts of designs, but ultimately decided on a butterfly, 

with the body being the ovarian cancer awareness ribbon.

 

we decided on the butterfly because of it's beauty, 

which seems so reflective of my nana and her soul.

and also, her name fayne actually means joy... 

and in many  cultures a butterfly symbolizes joy.

so we sent our ideas to gary over at memorial tattoo 

(you should go to him if you live in atlanta!) 

and he drew up this awesome tattoo for us.

working on the outline

waiting patiently, can't wait to see it!

all done! a little red, but beautiful!

now it's my sister's turn! it's her first tattoo. love me a newbie. :)

she did so awesome! she didn't cry or anything.

all done!

the whole time i was there i couldn't stop wondering what my nana was up in heaven thinking...

my sister and i decided it was one of two things:

1. she thinks it's beautiful and is so touched by wanting to remember her for forever, or;

2. she's thinking, "you dumb asses."

either of which would be totally my nana. :)

either way, i love it, and i can't wait to tell my children about how special of a person she was to me when they ask what it means. 

happy tuesday y'all!