10/01/2026
They say sunflowers turn toward the light so I chose to go bold. 🥰
My first tattoo 🌻
For the first time in my life I didn’t shrink myself.
I didn’t choose the smallest.
I chose bold because bold is what I’ve been practising.
Showing up. Being seen. Letting myself take up space.
This sunflower carries every moment I’ve stepped beyond comfort.
💛Breaking an arrow with my throat.
💛Walking on glass.
💛Standing on lego.
💛Stepping onto the stage four times, heart pounding lights bright, still saying yes.
💛Choosing to go fully self employed, trusting myself my work and my worth even when it felt scary.
Sitting with the pain of this tattoo mattered too.
Feeling it. Breathing through it.
Letting my body experience pain safely, something deeply connected to my fears around health.
A reminder that discomfort doesn’t always mean danger and that my body can be trusted.
At one point my tattooist smiled and called me a little ray of sunshine. 😊
That stayed with me because for a long time I forgot that part of myself.
Sunflowers don’t apologise for their size.
They turn towards the light even after darkness.
They root deeply stand tall and keep growing.
This tattoo is a marker.
Of confidence built slowly.
Of resilience earned.
And I am so proud of myself.
For choosing bold. For choosing growth. For choosing me 🌻💛
Thank you so much for supporting me through this experience. I feel there will be more to come.
