I decided to have this done, not simply because I’ve always wanted a heart tattoo/chest piece, but because that very morning (the day before Valentine’s Day) I broke up with my boyfriend. I felt my heart break and my chest was so tight I was having trouble breathing. I have fought with severe manic depression for years and knew that this break up would be just the trigger to cause a nose dive of my soul into a hopeless sorrow where I might need hospitalization to ever climb out of.
…But then I decided that I needed this visual reminder that just because my heart in on the inside, doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt or suffer or ache… it is the part of me that only I am responsible for loving.
“Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.”
-Homer
I love my tattoo artist. If you are in Houston, please visit Christian Sauceda https://www.facebook.com/#!/christian.sauceda1 at Los Muertos Tattoo Studio https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Los-Muertos-Tattoo-Studio/198544113498175.
They do all custom work, no pages of flash on the walls!