this is just something I want to remember.

Today I was showing a picture to my mother of a friend of mine's new tattoo. Her tattoo is beautiful. It is mostly just an outline right now, but it is a half sleeve, shoulder to elbow, of a woman with stars in her long, flowing hair and she is wrapped in a loose fitting dress. She said she has to do 2-3 more sittings before it's complete. Anyway, so I showed it to my mother and she was aghast that someone would want to have a tattoo so big. I kept saying "it's so beautiful! look at how beautiful it is!" and she said to me "it's not about it being ugly or beautiful, it's the size. I like small tattoos, like yours."

My mom, who I HID MY TATTOOS FROM FOR THREE YEARS, told me she liked my tattoos. Woah.