
I have a habit of keeping the images I want to have tattooed on me in my wallet for a year before I get them. The image on the back of my neck is a goddess image. I got it for my grandmother.
I was raised for most of my life by my grandmother, and she is a wonderful person. We are of Mexican descent, and my grandmother got herself educated while her dad worked in a coal mine, which was not an easy thing in those days.
A friend of mine, actually an ex-girlfriend, drew this out for me and I love the image. For me, the goddess has all the qualities that I love about my grandmother.
Though she is a devout Catholic, she is all-inclusive with her love, she doesn’t mind a bit that I am gay and have tattoos. She is full of an ancient sort of knowledge that I am celebrating with this tattoo.
