Each Tattoo Has A Story (21 pics)

1

This is the audio frequency of my mom’s laughter. She passed away in 2017.

2

Asclepius tattoo for my graduation from med school

3

I got a tattoo to highlight that I’m not defined by disabilities.

4

The wife and I got matching tattoos. The birds are our family, and the one flying away is our miscarriage.

5

A tattoo to commemorate my skill as an electrician. I work with my hands for a living, so what better place to put it?

6

My favorite fishing spot.

7

A tattoo about my brain injury. It’s a good reminder and it lets you put it in a lighter perspective.

8

My pitweiler, Franco.

9

Evacuated from New Orleans and got this to commemorate riding out and surviving the storm.

10

This was my late grandfather’s truck. There were good memories there.

11

My first tattoo commemorates the day I had my heart transplant.

12

Went through a rough time and this little man was the only thing that pulled me through.

13

A disease took my leg, but we got a little something back with this piece.

14

5 years ago, I lost my first pregnancy. 2 years ago, I lost my second.

15

I’m in São Paulo for my first-ever Grand Prix, so I got a tattoo to commemorate it.

16

My visual encapsulation of my borderline personality disorder and related mental illness. My own design and drawing.
It's based on when I was having an episode as a child and we were coloring in some drawings in school and the teacher had a go at me for not being able to color inside the lines. It stood out to me then that there was something wrong inside me, decades later it turned out to be BPD.

17

My stamp collection of everywhere I’ve traveled.