How it came to be !

La Dolce Vita? About 15 years ago, when Devon was just 3 years old, I wanted to get a tattoo but just couldn't decide what to get. For years I thought about this damn tattoo...nothing felt right. I didn't just want any tattoo, it had to be meaningful to me ! The next problem was where to place this tattoo? After many a year, I just gave up. Then, my darling little girl asked me if she could get a tattoo when she was about 16 years old. Of course, being a mother, I told her "NO" before I even considered it....afterall, wasn't that what I was supposed to say? Then I bagan to think about it and started to consider it. I didn't share my feeling with her, I just waited to see if she'd ask again. Of course, a few months later she asked again and I made the mistake of saying, "I'd think about it."

(Hey wait one minute..this posting was supposed to be about how I came up with the name of my BLOG ! Well, Devon's tattoo was how my tattoo and BLOG name came to be.)

Devon then turned 17 and she would regularly ask me about getting a tattoo. I told her that it would have to be a meaningful one for me to consider it. That was like dealing her Black Jack, a homerun for her. She knew just how to play her cards now !! She told me that she wanted to get a tattoo for "grandma". How could I say no to that I ask you? I told her that when she turned 18 I'd think more seriously about it. Well, her 18th birthday came very quickly the following March, and now she had the "unfortunate" excuse to get a tattoo for "grandma & grandpa". I caved in and Devon got her first tattoo on the top of her foot....it says "LOVE" with a heart as an extension of the "L". I have to admit that I loved it, the tattoo and the location !! She wanted me to get a matching one. I considered it, but decided not to do that. I agreed with her to get it on the top of my foot like she did, but I would get something different ! Then one night I was home with my dear friend Robin and it came to me !!! "La Dolce Vita"......the sweet life......I love it !! I love my life and my mom's name was Vita, how perfect !! And.....that's how it came to be ! Maybe my next post will be about my experience getting the tattoo and Devon's tattoo #2 !! Oh yeah, and how scared I was to tell Linda about the tattoos !! Until then.....