Connie was 18 and suffering through a break up with her first true love. It was the pain of love lost which prompted her to walk into a tattoo shop and get inked for the first time.
Inspired by the rose tattoos worn by her father and her aunts, Connie chose a single, red, long-stem flower accompanied by the words "love hurts" to permanently symbolize her heartbreak.
Like so many, that first experience under the needle sparked Connie's desire for more ink.
She wanted her next tattoo design to be more personal. Connie asked an artist friend to draw a few ideas. The designs played with the ethereal ideas of infinity and the celestial bodies.
All three drawings are now part of Connie's ever-growing collection of tattoos.
Connie's right arm is sleeved in imagery dedicated to the elements of earth and air, tying in the patterns of moons and stars from tattoos on her back and shoulder. The future will see her left arm bearing a sleeve dedicated to the elements of fire and water.
Across each of her sides, she wears the names of her two sons and, when both sides are completed, will include the flowers associated with the astrological symbols for each son, herself and the boys' father.
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