22 tattoos, each of which has a whole story behind it

Some people get tattoos for the sake of beauty, others for the sake of self-expression. But sometimes people want to capture important moments of their life on their skin. It can be a happy moment, such as the birth of a child, or a sad moment, such as the death of a loved one. And so behind the usual, at first glance, tattoo hides a whole story - sometimes romantic, and sometimes sad.

"This is a frequency recording of my mom's laughter. She died in 2017"

"This is my first tattoo. The sun is my bride"

"This is Asclepius. I did it when I graduated from the medical faculty"

"I got this tattoo to remind myself: my disability does not define my whole life" The inscription on the tattoo is "I can".

"My wife and I have the same tattoos. Birds are our family. The flying bird — the wife's frozen pregnancy"

"My tattoo reminds me that I am an electrician"

"This is my favorite fishing spot"

"This tattoo reminds me of a brain injury. It helps to look at life more easily"

"This is my pitweiler Franco"

"We evacuated from New Orleans before Katrina. This tattoo reminds us that we managed to deceive and defeat the hurricane"

"This is my grandfather's pickup truck. I have the best memories associated with him."

And this story, alas, is very sad. The man decided to tattoo his daughter's drawing. Why this one? The fact is that it was he who became the last in the girl's life, she died.

"This tattoo shows the date when I had a heart transplant"

"I had to go through difficult times, and this baby helped me to hold on"

"The disease took my leg away — but this thing gave me back the ability to walk"

"Five years ago I had my first unsuccessful pregnancy, and two years ago — the second"

"I came to Sao Paulo for my first Grand Prix and got a tattoo to perpetuate this moment"

"This tattoo is about my mental illness. She reminds me how in the first grade I could not paint the contours exactly, and the teacher scolded me for it. It turned out that this was the first sign of my borderline personality disorder."

"My collection of stamps from all the places I've been"

He decided to get this tattoo when his depression finally receded

"My friend added the ashes of my deceased dog to the ink. Now he's with me forever."