Happy Mother's Day from Tattoosday

I wanted to celebrate Mother's Day with something new, but didn't have a lot in the backlog that was specifically motherly.<br /><br />Then I remembered <a href="http://www.meaghanfarrellmusic.com/">Meaghan Farrell</a>.<br /><br />I met Meaghan last month in Penn Station and approached her when I saw her tattoos. Turns out, Meaghan is a singer-songwriter with 15 tattoos, more of which will appear here tomorrow.<br /><br />One of the tattoos we talked about was this one on her inner right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIykAsHWtNjDuFsOvHzBhuv2Y1fWOsEwHyLS7DsZ5nH4yY1NQsx85GBEjJVWnnFQoTrjr3PRsoxtrAtxEyYAWrzG-dA3szC7s-fBGKVKfU171n8ytIcp9aFKXd7GeDGGRuP9viM_jHM8/s1600/madge+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIykAsHWtNjDuFsOvHzBhuv2Y1fWOsEwHyLS7DsZ5nH4yY1NQsx85GBEjJVWnnFQoTrjr3PRsoxtrAtxEyYAWrzG-dA3szC7s-fBGKVKfU171n8ytIcp9aFKXd7GeDGGRuP9viM_jHM8/s400/madge+alt.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br />Madge Gassaway was Meaghan's grandmother, who passed away when Meaghan was only nine. Madge, she told me, was a "strong, independent woman," who had a huge impact on her life.<br /><br />The quote, words of wisdom that have significant meaning for Meaghan, was worthy of inscribing them on her flesh.<br /><br />Of course, right after I left Meaghan I realized, I forgot to take a picture of the quote from her grandmother, and she kindly sent me one she took herself.<br /><br />In addition, Meaghan also has this stunning rose on her right shoulder:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4M_OdZYCWwvTEqeZOucWEEJqc9to1gqSZoEq0Ql1SsUAVCydy2lCP7xugHLE1XeMXof52Y4SAvMiYUNVecD_WjMzGH02zQ-KN8OoXKwOf-d7xzqaarnAHHOvffGnY-R-iqcWdhPTDpB4/s1600/Meaghan%2527s+rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4M_OdZYCWwvTEqeZOucWEEJqc9to1gqSZoEq0Ql1SsUAVCydy2lCP7xugHLE1XeMXof52Y4SAvMiYUNVecD_WjMzGH02zQ-KN8OoXKwOf-d7xzqaarnAHHOvffGnY-R-iqcWdhPTDpB4/s400/Meaghan%2527s+rose.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><br />Meaghan explained that her grandmother had an amazing rose garden, and that this tattoo represents not only the memory of her.<br /><br />The artist responsible for these tattoos is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/beansink">Mr. Beans</a>, at <a href="http://www.fatcattattoos.com/">Fat Cat Tattoos NYC</a> in Astoria, Queens.<br /><br />Tune in tomorrow for two more of Meaghan's tattoos. I wanted to share these today in honor of mothers and grandmothers everywhere, who have such a great impact on all of our lives.<br /><br />Thanks to Meaghan for sharing her tattoos with us here at Tattoosday! Happy Mother's Day to All!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Happy Mother's Day from Tattoosday

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Michelle's Tattoo Takes Your Breath Away

Michelle has a lot of ink, twenty-one tattoos, all told, but when I stopped her in Penn Station, she chose to share this one with us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHII_cEKDY3SRB9D7wh0JYIBsZnFHzQjk9s1ZOCqy6KCYVx_NrOaIBYQN2AkY0Vb2wt_IBbnpyJLv_JGPFkxI8TkbYEcADIn2C4bS4z6iaFyzAzMEkBKzXlpvPwYnm1uDo_52JU1W/s1600/moments+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHII_cEKDY3SRB9D7wh0JYIBsZnFHzQjk9s1ZOCqy6KCYVx_NrOaIBYQN2AkY0Vb2wt_IBbnpyJLv_JGPFkxI8TkbYEcADIn2C4bS4z6iaFyzAzMEkBKzXlpvPwYnm1uDo_52JU1W/s400/moments+1.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br />Boldly planted on her upper right arm, Michelle explained that she paraphrased and pared down a longer quotation to read, more simply, "Live for the moments that take your breath away". I believe she was referring to the saying, "<span style="font-family: arial;">Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." </span><br /><br />The flowers in the photo are cherry blossoms that were done in blue, rather than the traditional pink because, as Michelle tells it, she's "not really a pink kind of girl".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH4X32SCOW3pQbeCjmPG220F759E0CfWrG7fEuArvGEhMHUG9q6V6rkPpnSMyQAYleQWZlXvYwQWjYeiHf4HhvtbE_VLnr8F9qArUwSkJUjE4VRrulf-QduFHxXOxJlrnly1Ns9nh/s1600/moments+1+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH4X32SCOW3pQbeCjmPG220F759E0CfWrG7fEuArvGEhMHUG9q6V6rkPpnSMyQAYleQWZlXvYwQWjYeiHf4HhvtbE_VLnr8F9qArUwSkJUjE4VRrulf-QduFHxXOxJlrnly1Ns9nh/s400/moments+1+detail.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><br />This tattoo was inked by <a href="http://hobostattoo.site.aplus.net/fattony.shtml">Fat Tony</a> at <a href="http://hobostattoo.site.aplus.net/">Hobo's Tattoo Shop</a> in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.<br /><br />Thanks to Michelle for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Michelle's Tattoo Takes Your Breath Away

Michelle has a lot of ink, twenty-one tattoos, all told, but when I stopped her in Penn Station, she chose to share this one with us: Boldly...

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