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Small world, my coworker and her daughter have matching mother and daughter elephants embracing by their trunks, tattooed on their foreaems.
Ours are the Mommy in front, baby behind. Mine is on the upper arm, my daughter's on the forearm.
My coworkers don't know it exists. I work in the NYC engineering world, which is still pretty conservative. I dress in standard business attire. My employers are Muslim, and they don't tend to get tattoos, so I figured it is just best to keep it covered.
I learned a few years ago about the Mar Thoma Christians in Kerala, India, and even met one. It interested me to learn that one of the things that horrified the Portuguese Catholics who came across them in the 15th century was that they decorated their crosses with elephants!
Ours are the Mommy in front, baby behind. Mine is on the upper arm, my daughter's on the forearm.
My coworkers don't know it exists. I work in the NYC engineering world, which is still pretty conservative. I dress in standard business attire. My employers are Muslim, and they don't tend to get tattoos, so I figured it is just best to keep it covered.
I learned a few years ago about the Mar Thoma Christians in Kerala, India, and even met one. It interested me to learn that one of the things that horrified the Portuguese Catholics who came across them in the 15th century was that they decorated their crosses with elephants!
I'm from the Bronx ! Small world. Sunday 10/6 is the feast of St Francis and in Episcopal Churches the custom of blessing of animals will be observed. If you have a pet being it whether, rabbit, dog, cat, or bird, lizard, snake or fish. If you have no pet come and watch animals being placed in their proper context as blessed companions to humans. That feast day has become a living symbol of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I attend a Episcopal Church on the Upper East Side.
I'm from the Bronx ! Small world. Sunday 10/6 is the feast of St Francis and in Episcopal Churches the custom of blessing of animals will be observed. If you have a pet being it whether, rabbit, dog, cat, or bird, lizard, snake or fish. If you have no pet come and watch animals being placed in their proper context as blessed companions to humans. That feast day has become a living symbol of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I attend a Episcopal Church on the Upper East Side.
Oh yes, our church does it, too. I live in NJ and belong to a tiny Episcopal Church there.
I am a fan of Francis of Assisi. Dont know if you are familiar with Richard Rohr and contemplative practices, but I get his daily meditations emailed. Don't always keep up, but this week was all about Francis.
Oh yes, our church does it, too. I live in NJ and belong to a tiny Episcopal Church there.
I am a fan of Francis of Assisi. Dont know if you are familiar with Richard Rohr and contemplative practices, but I get his daily meditations emailed. Don't always keep up, but this week was all about Francis.
My late aunt had been a Francican nun. I am familiar with Rohr. I once explored being a Third Order Franciscan. My spirituality is more Ignatian. Although now I merely pray the Orthodox prayer rope and the Catholic devotion of the Divine Mercy. I don't read much anymore. Very low attention span, lol.
My late aunt had been a Francican nun. I am familiar with Rohr. I once explored being a Third Order Franciscan. My spirituality is more Ignatian. Although now I merely pray the Orthodox prayer rope and the Catholic devotion of the Divine Mercy. I don't read much anymore. Very low attention span, lol.
My favorite Christian symbols have been tattooed on my body. The ChiRho with alpha and omega characters on my right inner forearm. My left inner wrist has the Jerusalem Cross. The Jerusalem Cross is a symbol of lots of things but for me it represents Christ yesterday, today, tomorrow, and every where. Having those symbols have lead me to be humbler, quieter, gentler because now I must as I literally have the Mark of Christ on my flesh
That is cool.
I'll probably never get a tattoo. I have thought about it. I work hard to eat right and exercise so I can stay fit and trim. However, I have a birthmark that I couldn't stand about the size of a nickel on my left side between my hip and my ribcage that my arm covers up when straight down at my sides.
I thought about getting either a standard cross or the Quaker star right over it to cover it up...which kind of doesn't make much sense I suppose to do for that reason.
I spent lots of time being neurotic for years over that birthmark figuring it will detract from my looks and now I have a boyfriend that tells me that he loves my birthmark. Life is weird.
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Ours are the Mommy in front, baby behind. Mine is on the upper arm, my daughter's on the forearm.
My coworkers don't know it exists. I work in the NYC engineering world, which is still pretty conservative. I dress in standard business attire. My employers are Muslim, and they don't tend to get tattoos, so I figured it is just best to keep it covered.
I learned a few years ago about the Mar Thoma Christians in Kerala, India, and even met one. It interested me to learn that one of the things that horrified the Portuguese Catholics who came across them in the 15th century was that they decorated their crosses with elephants!
Cool!
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