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Thursday Dec 01, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story - Tyler's "Secret" Whale Tattoo
"The whale on my right hip usually gets laughs when I show it (to very few people). "Free Willy?" Ha they say. "A Whale? Why would you get a whale?" Well, here is why:
When I was 12 my sister died of Cystic Fibrosis (a terminal lung and liver disease). In the last months of her life she was supposed to go in for a routine surgery and afterwards we were going to take a trip to Alaska to see the whales run. My sister loved whales. She was secretly jealous of their freedom and ability to breathe, something she herself was not able to do because of her disease. Her routine surgery had complications and three months later, she died at our house. One year later my family and I went to Alaska to see the whales run in her memory. Upon returning home, my mother decided to start a nonprofit organization in her memory and used the whale on my hip as the logo. I mulled over getting tattoos for years and in a grand epiphany on the 10 year anniversary of my sisters death, nothing seemed more fitting than to have a permanent reminder of my sister on my hip for me to see every day. Hidden right below my pants line it is rarely seen by anyone but me."
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My favorite "Every BODY has a story" so far.
Posted by: Kalani at December 1, 2005 12:59 PM
WOW! What an amazing story. It sounds like your sisters life was a loved one. What's the name of the non-profit?
Posted by: Stephanie at December 1, 2005 1:54 PM
i second the 'favorite so far' motion.
Posted by: Cullen at December 1, 2005 6:02 PM
Hey gang, thank you for the wonderfully nice comments - it means a lot to me. My sister was one of the most amazing forces in my life. For those intersted, the name of the foundation is the "The Dana Walters Scholarship Foundation" -- http://www.dwscholarship.com/foundation.html
Thank you again.
Posted by: Tyler at December 1, 2005 8:45 PM
very moving. touching and emotional. i hav lost also wish i could find some thing to keep me in a memoeiry check. your sister is/was a lucky girl to have a brother a devoted as you.horaha to yuor mama also. it takes staghtht to loose and gain agian.
Posted by: mitno at December 2, 2005 12:51 PM
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