Tattoo!
So after about three years of serious contemplation I have decided to get a tattoo. Yes I said a tattoo. At this point nothing can deter me. I have thought about the design I want and the meaning behind it for well over a year now. I wanted the tattoo to mean something and not just be some generic design chosen from a book.
My inspiration was my family’s coat of arms. I took elements from the history of my family and created distinctive coat of arms for myself. I wanted to weave the past and the present together, and something that is uniquely mine. I have been fascinated my entire life with the age of kings, knights, and vast kingdoms.
I chose my fathers side to pursue due primarily that the tradition that the coat of arms was paternal and not maternal. Even though my mom’s side is the more famous of the two, I am pretty lucky that both sides of my family during the medieval/Renaissance time periods were nobility. My mother is a Spencer (yes as in Princess Diana type Spencer). The family branched and one side stayed in England and the other came to the new world. Both sides were very prosperous and wealthy. The North American side lost their wealth 2-3 generations ago. My mother’s aunt was worth millions (mind you that is in the 1930’s), she had Alzheimer’s and her wealth was squandered by the lawyer who managed her money. My mom inherited the remainder of the Spencer fortune (about 100K when she finally died). So the future King of England is a very distant relative.
My father’s family had their highlight a long long time ago. Some of my father’s older descendants were the half brother of King Richard II, a nephew of King Henry V of England, and two were heir presumptives to English throne, and there were many Dukes. So if I were to live in that time period I would have done very well and owned a castle or two.
WordPress is not allowing me to upload my tattoo ideas right now so another post will be coming soon!
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