My husband and youngest son have tattoos. I don't like them but I didn't pay for them. Suggest to your daughter to quilt that into a wall hanging addressed to you. It would be beautiful as an appliqued or embroidered. Wouldn't cost as much and would be much healthier in the long run for everyone. When I had to have markings (tattooed dots)for my radiation treatments, that was enough for me. I have become a real pantywaist in regards to needles in regards to injections and a tattoo that I don't have to have will not be attached to my person. Anymore I see a needle, I get empathy pains in my maximus glutemus.

that will make a beautiful tattoo but would make an equally beautiful wall hanging which could last after the body is gone

Makes me think of the joke I heard last year. All these people are getting breast and penial implants, and in 20-30 years we will have nursing homes full of residents with perky boobs and hard ons and they won't know what to do with them. Guess Tatoo's are not so bad after all.

i have three daughters: two of them are tattooed. they are both artists, with degrees in studio art. their tattoos are personal--each of them has a meaning to them. one has extensive tattooing that is her husband's artwork. she said that even if something happened to the marriage, she would keep it as a part of her story. (all of her other tattoos are significant in her life, as well.) the other daughter has two small tats that are hers alone, and has a huge side torso tattoo that she designed in honor of her scandinavian/scottish heritage: it is intricate norse knotwork that is a lion, rampant, with a banner across that reads, "the daughter of a lion is also a lion." (youngest kid says that she would rather wear her art on her body than hang it on a wall. it can never be stolen or defaced when it is with her.)

even though i'm pushing 65, i have my tattoos picked out for if/when the moment arrives. left foot, in script, "prone to wander". right shoulder, lines from charles bukowski (for jane)--"when you left, you took almost everything. the tigers have found me, and i do not care..." we are living with parkinson's here, and after almost 45 years of marriage, the struggle is getting harder and harder. if i outlive him, those last lines will be mine, and his disease will have taken almost everything. it should never be forgotten. maybe that's what motivates the young to wear so much ink. some things should never be forgotten...

I don't understand the infatuation with tattoos but different strokes for different folks.....

I totally agree - don't like tatoos on anyone. Seems so primative.

My DD had one small Mickey Mouse head with her husband's and 2 kids' initials inside it. I didn't like it, but she's 39, so I suppose she's an adult. Last night my SIL sent me a pic of her latest--about 5 little owls with bows floating around on her arm. I was horrified and called to tell her that I sure hoped that it was Sharpie art. She said it wasn't. I think she's lost her mind!!! Oh where, oh where did I go wrong as a mother????

It's a beautiful design and for her to choose to do this in honor of her family is a wonderful tribute, especially weaving in the legend of the dogwood. It shows respect for tradition and love for family and for her to have this done means she is very proud of her relatives and heritage. Let her have her joy in having this done.

I always wanted a tat and got one a month before I turned 50. It is of two butterflies joined with filligree vines and leaves to a larger butterfly in the center - a lower back tat. The two smaller ones represent each of my children in their birth colors and the larger is mine. Did it hurt? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. I now have a grandson and am wondering where I can weave him into this, or if I want another. The way I look at it is it's the only thing I can truly take with me when I go. ;)

I so wish there was "like" button for this post! This is wonderful!

I don't like the idea of tattoo's .. I'm grateful that in the Jewish religion it is forbidden. The prohibition of tattooing is found in the Torah: "You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the Lord" (Leviticus 19:28)
Our bodies are on loan from G-d, entrusted in our care. Not our personal property to with what we choose. Therefore it negates the the fundamental Jewish prospective.