People keep asking me what is the reason behind my tattoo. To be honest with you, explaining the reason and meaning behind my tattoo scares me, because I am afraid what other people might think of me. But I feel like I should be able to explain the story behind my tattoo. After my parents got divorced (I was 6 years old), my mom and I moved to Spain (that's where she's from) and she started dating this guy, which a few months later we moved to Barcelona to live with him. By the time I was 7, the abuse started. Nothing sexual, but there was a lot of physical and mental abuse from him. And my mom knew all about it and she never did anything about it. The reason why my tattoo says "warrior" is because I feel like I am one after going through what I went through from the age of 7 until I was 15. I gave up on life many times, I felt worthless, and he even made me feel that way. And he always told me that I was only there, living, was because of my mom. I was also bullied in school, picked on my everyone. But at 15, I moved here to the States to live with my dad, and that is where the semicolon represents. That my story isn't over. And I am proud of overcoming the abuse and becoming a better person and helping people that is going through similar situations.