Treasured Moments

Life Seems to be a Turbulent Series of Moments

Life seems to be a turbulent series of moments…treasured moments of joy, of pain, of sorrow, of ecstasy. There are situations we can control & times we have absolutely no control over.

These moments where I’m getting tattooed, I feel everything. My body wants to check out but my mind keeps checking in. It’s an experience I so look forward to & then feel relieved when it comes to an end. It’s surreal. It’s intense. And I love it.

It’s the beauty of the art scrawling on my skin. It’s the vibration felt deep in my bones. It’s the not-sudden realization that life is brief, that nothing lasts, that we aren’t promised tonight or tomorrow.

Our bodies won’t last. Our memories slowly fade. Our only promise is the end. But this beautiful experience, these reminders of a life fully lived, completely, whole. And maybe we are lucky enough to grow old, to wrinkle, to soften, & as Mary Oliver wrote, to “let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” This art on my skin will last as long as I’m alive & it will morph with me as I age & live & learn. It’s all mine & I’m grateful to celebrate my body this way. To be adorned in flowers. A beautiful canvas.

There’s so much going on in the world, it feels sometimes like it’s crushing me. Like I don’t really know what’s real. Am I just imagining all of this? As though I’m floating in a dream or being submerged in a nightmare. I recognize that I am one of the lucky ones. It’s bittersweet. I’m being hallowed out & then filling back up again.

This reminds me that I’m still here.

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