Bernadette’s Rainbow Adventures, Part 4

Tattoos and the woman with translucent skin

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When it comes to tattoos, I will tell everyone the exact same thing I told my knuckle-headed kid sister, Beatrice; “If you positively, absolutely, must get a tattoo, at least make sure it is done by a shaman.”

That’s my advice and my philosophy in a nutshell.

By the look Beatrice gave me I suddenly knew that she already had gotten a tattoo and she was only asking my opinion to gauge my response before she showed me the damn thing. Kid sisters are so stupid!

I crossed my arms and looked off into the distance as though I were waiting for some ethereal phone call.

“What’s so bad about tattoos?” asked Beatrice as she turned her head to the side and batted her unusually long eye lashes while simultaneously scratching her slight, almost non-existent chin. I’m convinced that Beatrice is not related to me, that there was some mix-up at the hospital. We are far more different than night and day.

Like marriage or getting a pet, getting a tattoo is not something to be considered lightly. It’s a permanent mark on that very sacred vessel that is our body. Remember what I was talking about in regards to the…