For the first time

Today I got my first tattoo! 4 years ago my mom passed away very suddenly. It has been a huge blow to me and my family. For the last two years I have wanted to get a tattoo in her memory. I have always wanted one and this seemed like the right first tattoo for me. I wanted something to represent what she meant to me. I finally came up with the tree of life. I feel like it symbolizes my mom giving me life and even in her being gone from this world still watching over me. I am now the mom of my two children and everything I am is because of her. I find so much meaning in everything this tree represents. The tree itself is a bodhi tree which reminds me to strive every day in becoming a better me. the leaves and branches represent new life and beginnings. The trunk represents womanly strength and everything I am because of my mom. The roots represent my heritage and my past. all of these things as a whole make me the mother i am and the mother i so admire and am so thankful to have had as mine