The idea to get a tattoo (my second one) commemorating my family and our lives together, came to me suddenly, and was realized (with Sibylle’s help) quite quickly. Today I went to Basel Tattoo & Body Art Studio and had it done by Karyna, who did a great job. At times quite painful (depending on the location it went from mild burn to cringeworthy/eye-watering), but luckily it was done fairly quickly, so the pain didn’t get too bad.

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The circle with four ‘stones’ represents the four of us holding hands. It just seemed appropriate to get this now, because once I leave for New Zealand, our lives as a family probably never be the same…