The more I look down at my hands, the more I contemplate why I got bones tattooed on them.  I know in my eyes, heart and soul I did not get bones tattooed on my hands to represent death; I have never said nor implied that.  Perhaps my hand tattoos are not Biblically correct, but let me tell you what happened yesterday at dinner time.  Crystal and I were at Smithfield’s and we had just finished eating.

As we were leaving I got my tea refilled, and it was a young girl that refilled it for me, and she asked if she could see my hands.  I said yes, and she looked them over and asked if it hurt, and I told her yes.  Then, the young girl said she was considering getting a small tattoo on her finger, and I told her it should not hurt too bad.  Then she said she turned eighteen tomorrow, so I told her happy birthday as she smiled and said thank you!

Well, the bones on my hands were a conversation piece with a complete stranger, and I know she saw the cross tattooed on my ring finger, which symbolizes that my marriage is based on a relationship with Jesus Christ.  Smiling and telling this young girl happy birthday, was it not an act of random kindness?  Perhaps I would have never had the opportunity to show kindness had I not had the tattoos.

Maybe the bones on my hands represent life; after all, they are a part of life.  We have bones; we use them every day, and unfortunately, sometimes they break, but they always heal.  Having these tattoos on my hands helps me communicate with a whole new and broad demographic; it helps me communicate with people like me who are broken for whatever reason.

Someone has to reach the broken on some level, so it may as well be me.  My doctor even liked my hand tattoos because they are anatomically correct; he did not up my medication either.  I could have gotten skulls tattooed all over my hands, but that was not what I was going for.

All in all, I do not regret getting my hands tattooed; sure, I have gotten funny looks by some, but I have also gotten complements by some.  You do not have to understand it because I do, and I do not have to conform to the world when all I want to do is create communication with strangers.  I apologize for bringing this subject up again, but since I figured out why I got my hand tattoos, I had to share.  If you still do not like it, well, to each their own.

I love you all!

Take care and God bless!

Chris