Ink Tales: Number Five

I wasted no time getting tattooing number five. It was also one I had wanted to get since the wedding, but hadn't done yet. Since I gave up my last name to take Toby's when we got married, I wanted to keep it in another way. I LOVED my maiden name, Boldman, and felt bad that my dad only had two girls; no one to carry on the last name. I had told my parents and sister of the plan, and they all loved the idea and wanted to get Boldman tattoos of their own. We all loved the idea of having a family tattoo, since we all have ink. The summer of 2010, my mom came for a week visit. We went down to Decorative Injections together and got ours done at the same time. Mom got hers on her forearm with two eagle feathers. I got mine done of the outer part of my shoulder; I wanted it to stick out of tank tops as much as possible. I did a loose interpretation of a turkey feather hanging off of mine because my dad is a huge turkey hunter. Later that year, my dad and sister went down together and got theirs. My sister incorporated hers into a rose piece on her back, and my dad got his with a turkey fan on his shoulder blade. This is a really meaningful tattoo for me because our family is so close; I'm glad I got to represent our last name in some way.