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Memorial Tattoo?!?!?!?

So my grandmother passed away and i am wanting to get something on me in her memory. I still miss her very much. Her favorite flower was a dog wood flower. and i have two possible tattoos lined out. one being a dog wood flower with her name under it…or a cross……please help me decide. i am a female. But im not a girlie girl..i actually like the cross a whole lot and it already has a banner so it would be nice. i am wanting this to go on my leg above my ankle, but on the side. what would you go with?

I like the idea of the dogwood flower. Incidentally, there is some religious legend attached to the dogwood tree, particularly pink flowering dogwood (Cornus florida is the scientific name).

The legend is that Christ was crucified on a cross made of Dogwood. Christ sensed that the tree was distressed to be used in such a purpose and said to the tree: “Your blossoms shall be in the form of a cross — two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints, brown with rust and stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember.”

I just wanted to tell you that because I think it adds kind of a sweet story to your memorial tattoo. Maybe that religious meaning can stand in the place of your cross tattoo idea. Also, I think the name banner is nice but not necessary… my memorial tattoo just has the image and I prefer it that way.

Good luck on choosing your tattoo, and I’m sorry for your loss.

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