Steffs first tattoo :)

tattoo story. as written by Stefani Cousins

"on September thirteenth, 2008, one of my closest friends and another boy i was friends with years before, were in a fatal motorbike accident.

my tattoo is my personal tribute to joshua james nixon, because i'm sure i never did tell him exactly how much i love him.

anyway, this is the story behind why i got the tattoo that i did.

Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in awhile one of their colony seemed to lose interest in going about. Clinging to the stem of a pond lily it gradually moved out of sight and was seen no more.

"Look!" said one of the water bugs to another. "one of our colony is climbing up the lily stalk. Where do you think she is going?" Up, up, up it slowly went....Even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight. Its friends waited and waited but it didn't return...

"That's funny!" said one water bug to another. "Wasn't she happy here?" asked a second... "Where do you suppose she went?" wondered a third.

No one had an answer. They were greatly puzzled. Finally one of the water bugs, a leader in the colony, gathered its friends together. "I have an idea". "The next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he or she went and why."

"We promise", they said solemnly.

One spring day, not long after, the very water bug who had suggested the plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. Up, up, up, he went. Before he knew what was happening, he had broke through the surface of the water and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above.

When he awoke, he looked about with surprise. He couldn't believe what he saw. A startling change had come to his old body. His movement revealed four silver wings and a long tail. Even as he struggled, he felt an impulse to move his wings...The warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from the new body. He moved his wings again and suddenly found himself up above the water. He had become a dragonfly!!

Swooping and dipping in great curves, he flew through the air. He felt exhilarated in the new atmosphere. By and by the new dragonfly lighted happily on a lily pad to rest. Then it was that he chanced to look below to the bottom of the pond. Why, he was right above his old friends, the water bugs! There they were scurrying around, just as he had been doing some time before.

The dragonfly remembered the promise: "the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk will come back and tell where he or she went and why." Without thinking, the dragonfly darted down. Suddenly he hit the surface of the water and bounced away. Now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go into the water...

"I can't return!" he said in dismay. "At least, I tried. But I can't keep my promise. Even if I could go back, not one of the water bugs would know me in my new body. I guess I'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies too. Then they'll understand what has happened to me, and where I went.""

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[xMishaEatsPhones]

if she didnt want to go through that much pain, why didnt she just get simple words, or something small. :b

[beckuhradke]

@xMishaEatsPhones um because the tattoo means a lot to her and actually has a really great meaning

[beckuhradke]

@xMishaEatsPhones um because the tattoo means a lot to her and actually has a really great meaning

[crazytattoofreak]

australians suck..

[beckuhradke]

@crazytattoofreak NO THEY DONT

[MegaCharizard100]

was that painful?

[beckuhradke]

@MegaCharizard100 im not sure, it wasnt my tattoo.

[Gyperboloid]

Well, when my child will doing a tattoo and I won't be able to do anything to change its mind, I will know for sure that I failed as a parent !

[wendycandymonster88]

@beckuhradke what did it meant to her?

[DonnaSmith1988]

awww bless her .....first tattoo that size on her ribs soo brave i had torrest when i had mine done

[tjdakilla5]

@beckuhradke Aussies = Amazing AC/DC, Airbourne, Rose Tattoo, Bad Company

[tjdakilla5]

Oh my god MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD!!! this video is fucking awesome :) Livin' in the City :). Tattoos N' Dirty Girls dude love that band they are not well not either :)

[ccoopplay1]

Wtf how can people say she is fat? Ass holes, she is really cute, and with that Australian accent and a tat Dang she is now way hot haha

[GirlGamerReallywild]

looks like a leaf with some sticks. awesome.

[WELUVHRSES]

is there any after pic's im getting my first tat on my shoulder blade then my shoulder and a little down my arm..i would luv to see the after pic's of ur tat =-)

[simsloveeternity]

@animato me too i understand 1 or 2 friends but damn

[AdorkableAJ]

I absolutely adore Australians!! ❤

Did that tattoo hurt? (=