Daughter: Mama, will your tattoos ever come off?
Mother: Someday. I'll have to have a doctor take them off.
Daughter: Will it hurt?
Mother: Yes, very badly.
Daughter: How will he take them off?
Mother: I think they sort of burn them off.
Daughter: (making a face) When I am a mama I'll never have a real tattoo.
Mother: I hope you do make better decisions than I did when I was young.
Daughter: Like when you were 15 or something?
Mother: Or something. I know, for my 40th birthday that is what I want for my present.
Daughter: Not until after your birthday party, though.
Mother: You are right. I guess it can wait until after the party.
I have always thought I'd make them watch me get my tattoos removed so they never, ever want to get any. Maybe I won't have to go to that extreme. Maybe it is possible for them to learn from my mistakes if we talk about them enough. Maybe....
Saturday, November 03, 2007
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If we didn't have mistakes...we wouldn't be "us."
I pray all the time that my children will not make the same decisions I have... but... without some of those decisions/choices... they may not have been here.
Hmmm...
Very interesting conversation...
You are doing a great job of keeping the line of communication open with your girls. It may be good for them to see the removal process in a few years.
Yikes, I don't even won't to see the removal process. Can't you just come home with an extra big bandage or something..... I know I'm a baby.
Fine...a comment...I'm out of the closet as a blog reading addict! Keep 'em coming...Love it!!!
I love this, I was just thinking about this idea yesterday...making sure that I tell my boys about my mistakes so they too can learn from them...and hopefully not repeat them!!!
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