get a new tattoo

This one’s going to have to wait until my son’s a little older (and not breastfeeding) and until my weight stablizes. I’d hate to get another tattoo and have it permanently warped because my body’s still getting back to normal after giving birth.

But I know what I generally want done. I want something symbolizing the rebirth of my life after the births of my children: a rose for my daughter and a lion for my son. I already have an armband tattoo with a rose in the center of it; I’d like to add a stylized phoenix rising from the rose. Maybe not a phoenix, exactly—more of a griffin, with wings spread wide and mouth open in a roar.