Now i'm no preacher but I do believe in a higher power of some sort. I think that everyone has a pre-planned life ahead of them, with only the details to alter, they end up where they are destined to be. Not always will there be happy endings, but think about it. If all endings were happy, there would be nothing to compare the actual happy endings to, right?
It's easier said then done to appreciate the hard endings, I know this from experience. But if you try your hardest to look on the bright side you will find (at least I did) that those difficult times encouraged me to grow into a better, stronger person.
When I was young, about ten years old, I lost my dad and shortly after that my mom too. Growing up my sister and I were raised by my Baba and Dedo (grandma and grandpa). With their old-school ways and millions of "life lessons", it did not help make the situation any easier. But as time passed I realized that life really isn't that bad and that i'm not being punished for anything. Not going to lie, getting to this point of realization was not fun or easy, but nothing in life is. Life is not promised to you, only death can be. Like Buddha once said, "Times of luxury do no last long" and he was absolutely right. Nothing lasts forever. Embrace change or prepare to lose yourself in the past...
...except high-waited floral shorts... those SHOULD last forever <3
My first tattoo was on St.Patty's day and is dedicated to my wonderful student exchange to Brazil. Unfortunately while on that exchange I was one of ten students to be .. deported.. but in my defense it was for a completely silly reason!! All we did was go skinny dipping in the hotel pool. No. Big. Deal. Right?
So yeah, I decided the best way to never forget the thrill of being deported was to tattoo "No Regrets" right under my boob!
So another year rolls along and I decide that it is time to get the tattoo i've been planning for about five years. This tattoo symbolizes so much to me, change, strength and family. It is for my parents and my sister and I. My parents both moved to Alberta before they met and my sister and I were both born in Alberta, so I thought the wild Alberta Rose was appropriate and beautiful for this piece. The picture above was taken at my first sitting and only the petals have been worked on. Since then the stem and bottom leaves have been added. When I go back to university in the fall I am going to get the rest of the leaves, second small bud and wording added and then i'll be done! ... Just in time for the next St. Patty's Day!!
If I could change anything in the world I don't know what I would pick.
You'd think the answer would be a no-brainer.. but if certain events hadn't taken place in my life, I know I wouldn't have accomplished half the things I have. Spending several months in Brazil has changed my life in ways I will never forget. Friends that I have come to love like family make it impossible to wonder where I would have been or who I would have been if I'd never met them. Every little thing that happens in life alters your path but there's no running from life. It's going to find you one way or another. So why not live it up?
XXOX
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