A couple months ago, I made an entry about considering getting a sexual assault survivor tattoo. I’ve made a few attempts to schedule an appointment to get it done, with not much luck. But finally, a local tattoo artist who I had asked a month ago, but had told me to ask him again in a month to see if his schedule was more clear, said he could pencil me in for an appointment next month. That’s been exciting news! For the design, I decided on a broken wing on my upper left back. I felt that symbolizes the damage caused by my past trauma well. When I eventually overcome my trauma, I will get a fully healed wing right next to it. I may even get around to sharing a picture of it here if I can. Though I may not be comfortable with it once it comes down to it since it would be me displaying my bare back. We’ll just see.

That sounds very thoughtful and ingenious.