Strangely enough, I was never that connected to tattoo culture. I just couldn't get my head around a symbol or a piece of art that I thought was defining of me... Then, all of a sudden, I found that writing words on myself made sense. As soon as I saw tattoos as a way to tell your story, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I totally get it.' So I got my first tattoo a couple of years ago, and it's the word 'hope' on my left arm. It has a couple of dots at the end for each of my kids.