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Thursday Mar 30, 2006
Every BODY Has a Story: A Crest My Own
"I think that maybe I’m having a mid-life crisis. I was going to get a motorcycle, but decided instead on tattoo. This tattoo shows where I come from, where I’ve been, and where I am now. Is a motorcycle going to do that for you?
I was born in Holland in a little town called Millingen a/d Vijn. I still consider myself Dutch, and am still a Dutch citizen. I lived there until my parents decided to immigrate to Canada. They did this after visiting relatives who lived there. At the time, I was thirteen and not happy to leave my friends and town.
I think I stayed pretty unhappy to have left Holland until I was about twenty-one. At that time, I joined the Canadian Navy. When I joined the Navy, I felt like a Canadian citizen for the first time when I was serving my country.
Eighteen years ago, all the Navy boats were on display at the Rose Festival, in Portland, Oregon. Our ship was right there with them. While there, I met my future wife. It was really love at first sight. We spent the next three years getting through the rest of my Navy requirement, and when I was done, I came to the United States with her to live.
It’s been eighteen years since we were married, and though I still feel roots in Holland and in Canada, my wife is an American and so are my children. This is my home now. One reason I got this tattoo is to show my crest to my kids- they are first generation Americans; they need to know their heritage."
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