A work in progress

I am a 45 year old Queer woman who has been tattooing intermittently for over 25 years. I had 3 tiny "girly" tattoos from my late teens and early 20's, but thought I was a big pussy, cuz, damn!! That shit hurt! Ha-ha! At 42, after having gone through some huge changes in my life I felt the need to begin chronicling my life and spirit in a way that had meaning to me, and began my quest for meaningful and beautiful body art.
I suppose with age and illness my pain tolerance has changed. I mean, tattoos hurt. ha-ha. But not really....and they're soooo worth it.