Inked

by Nicole Cushman

While I've often admired the artwork adorning my friends' bodies, I never thought I'd get a tattoo myself. I always said that nothing meant that much to me that I needed it permanently inked into my body. Turns out, I was wrong. Luke means that much to me, so yesterday, on the anniversary of his death, I got a memorial tattoo in his honor. He always signed his cards to me with the letters "xxxo" as a way of being sassy, silly and loving. I now have those letters behind my right ear, in his handwriting.

Tattoo by Amanda Beat Kitty