Going beyond skin-deep on the subject of tattoos
Tattoos, who knew? I have been writing this column for a quite a while, I have had a small group of people writing their opinions on my opinions on occasion. The most reader comments, by far, came on the subjects of tattoos and big cotton bloomers. That whole dang deal flat blew me away.
Tell ya what I did learn about tattoos:
There is a common old-fashioned feeling about tattoos. I learned from people who have tattoos that I was totally wrong about some of my conclusions.
My readers took it for granted that I assumed that a person with a tattoo had an almost ethereal affection, maybe an addiction, with their ink in that many of the marks had been indelibly etched into their skin because it meant something so very important to them. Examples like "Mom," the giver of life, a lover, the person who makes life worthwhile and children, most especially a child who was an early entrant into heaven and is missed with every fiber of the being of the person or parent who has the memorial tattoo.