This tattoo is in support of my wife. I got it after her second diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer. It is funny, as a husband to someone who is going through treatment, you get so preoccupied making sure your wife is ok, that as a support to her, you become selfless. I never worried about taking care of me but she continued to worry about me. My friends and family would ask how my wife was doing. Then they would ask how I was doing, I did not know. I did not care. My wife is my world. I said through sickness and health, unfortunately this was a test to our marriage.
It is so easy to be weak and find the easy way out. Try being strong for a person who is stronger than you for dealing with lumpectomy, then chemo, and that neulasta shot. Then a double mastectomy. Then more chemo and more neulasta. You really find out who you are when the person you love is sick almost everyday and still continues to smile, and work and keep faith in God, even on her worst days. People say I am strong for being a good husband. I was just trying to keep up with my better half. Being a husband is seeing your wife through all this and holding her close, making her smile and being there through better or worse. It is not easy, being a man is doing what is right, staying steadfast when everything around you seems to be crumbling down, you stand up asking for more for the both of you.
My tattoo has a big story behind it, hopefully it will help inspire others. I love you Lisa.
Burlington, NC
