My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story! 🐾

Warning this post gets deep and may offend some people’s views.

Everyone keeps asking if I got my tattoos just to get them or if they have meaning. I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to tell people the meaning behind my first tattoo, but let’s be honest I’m very open about my life so why not be open about this. The first tattoo I got is a heartbeat with a paw print and Axl & Eva’s names. I bet you think know why I got it, uhh because I love my dogs. Yes, I love my dogs but the tattoo digs deeper than that. In January 2016 I was in a bad place, a horrible place, I was ready to end it all. I drove to a bridge with my dogs in my car, I said goodbye to them and walked to the bridge, standing there ready to jump, I felt someone with me, my great grandma hugged me and made me turn around, I glance at my car and Axl & Eva were just looking at me, looking at me with endless love and confusion. I’m that moment I questioned what will they do without me? I will break their hearts, people don’t think dogs grieve but dogs grieve deeper and harder than humans. Their innocent look made me change my mind, they needed me. I was important to them, if I ever felt like I wasn’t loved or supported they would always love and support me. That was my last suicide attempt. Axl and Eva only have a short time with me, when I say short they won’t be with me my entire life, but my tattoo will. The heartbeat symbolizes my life and their names next to it show that they saved my life. I have a constant reminder that my life is worth living every time I look down! The second tattoo (I got them both on the same day) is mountains. The mountains symbolize that our lives are full of peaks and valleys and no matter how low we go we will rise again. Anna Clendening has mentioned that on an Instagram post and it stuck with me. Your tattoos don’t have to have meaning, and you don’t have to tell the world if they do, but I felt that I should let everyone know why they are so important to me.