it pays to have really good friends...

or it doesnt cost anything at all!! my dear friend dan, whom i work with at starbucks, has been training to become a tattoo artist for quite a while now. i have spent the last 3 years working with him, watching him sketch something new everyday. he has recently reached the point in his apprenticeship that he can start tattoo-ing his friends/family for free, yes we are basically his guinee pigs!! until he reaches the point where everyone feels confident enough that he can start making some money doing the one thing he was born to do...tattoo's!! so i decided that i totally trusted him and he took an idea that i had drawn up during a final exam my senior year of high school (7 years ago i came up with my "next tattoo") its taken that long to find someone worthy of marking my body!! and he created something more beautiful than i could have ever imagined!! and i love it...in honor of my first born, i have finally gotten my moon and star tattoo!!

"there are so many people that we walk the path of life with and many of those people leave lasting impressions on the rest of our lives, some leave them permanently engraved into your skin!!" - smc