“Wait one more year,” my mom kept telling me. I was 18 and like every other person “coming of age,” I wanted my first tattoo. I wasn’t particularly rebellious or whatever you want to call it. I was just young, and to be honest, I thought it would be cool to get a tattoo. I wanted a meaningful Bible

No longer the mark of sailors and whatever other archaic stereotypes they conjure up, tattoos are now mainstream. I’ve met more than a few doctors and lawyers with visible ink. Housewives have gotten in on the fun with tattoos from their “wild” days. Others commemorate special occasions, like

On my left wrist is a little black outline of a heart about the size of a dime. Most people don't even notice it (unless you're my mother who spotted it in two seconds) which is fine since it's for me not anyone else. It's a little reminder to myself, when days get hard and my mind is dark and

We've totally reached peak tattoo culture with Reuters reporting that 40% of millennials have at least one tattoo. Even in this atmosphere of tattoo acceptance, there are two sacred tattoo don't's:1. Don't get your partner's name tattooed on your body. 2. Don't get matching tattoos ...Continue

I never pictured myself with a tattoo. When it came up in conversations I'd repeat the Kim Kardashian quote, "Would you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley?" But then I met my husband, Thomas, who is covered in tattoos, each one signifying an important moment in his life, and the more I looked at him