Tattooooooo!

Okay, so this one obviously isn't real - just henna! But it is what I want, and where I want. Although I'd like blank ink and a bit smaller, so you have to glance twice and say "is that a tattoo, or a smudge?"

It's something I've wanted for a couple years now, ever since I started sailing. I think I would be able to justifiably get this tattoo after I successfully completed 5,000 nautical miles on the ocean blue. Apparently, that was the rule back in the day. So far, I only have about 1070 NM, so I've got to start sailing before I can get this one!

The other tattoo I've wanted, since my first time to Africa in 2005, was a black star beside the word "Hope". In Ghana, where I went twice, the national flag has a black star in the middle which represents the hope for the African people. After my third time to Africa this year (to Tanzania), my passion for the hope of Africa's people grew so much more, and so did my desire for this tattoo!