“Dad passed away 3 years ago. I made a tattoo of his laugh on my arm, I have his smile and joy wherever I go now.”
“I asked my friend about the meaning of his tattoo. ‘I don’t know, I don’t speak Chinese.’ That is literally what it means.”
“On her 90th birthday, grandma got her first tattoo. She chose a pink ribbon to signify her victory after a 5 year battle with cancer.”
“My brother drew this snowman when he was 5. He passed away 15 years later, but a part of him will always be with me.”
These tattoos can be used to irritate perfectionists.
“My mom used to leave me little post-it notes. When she passed away, I copied one of them and made it my first tattoo.”
“My cat will always be with me.”
“I got a tattoo with the skylines of everywhere I’ve lived.”
A man made a tattoo in memory of his house, parents, and dog. They all died in an explosion. There’s the dog’s silhouette in a window, and his parents’ initials on the tree that are done in their handwriting.
“My tattoo is 3 years old. Today I got a new game. What a coincidence!”
“Got this for my dog who passed away. Even got her little floppy ear.”
“Whenever I give blood I find my tattoo highly amusing.”
“This is my first tattoo that represents my special bond with my brother. He passed away.”
“I live in Italy, and it’s common to see tattoos in English that don’t make sense. Today, I found the winner.”
The price of one mistake.
“My brothers and I got the world’s cheesiest tattoos.”
Don’t give up under any circumstances.
A tattoo for my two friends who got killed in a car accident last year."
“I moved to Michigan and decided to take a little bit of California with me!”
A tattoo that completes a birthmark in a very sophisticated manner.
“First tattoo at age 48, celebrating 25 years as a chemist.”
“My mom and dad had cancer at the same time. I made a tattoo in their memory. It’s a note dad wrote to my mom when they were too sick to visit each other.”
A scar was turned into a beautiful tattoo.
“I celebrated my weight loss with a cute fat girl tattoo.”
“It’s the best tattoo I’ve ever seen!”
“I made a tattoo with my mom’s note for me and her last heartbeats.”