Melissa's Biblical Footnote

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WuRic5Jz7bXQqq2ATEt5TxRyK5WpZCrtmGp1H0aBQY3BricabGyuE1KnO6CS1CYtcBd3p0nunZ3xxXkZJVtQwWdZcV3tsVf2UQxY4LdHzID8XzPshLRYaDwEmAjJa1YCVFuMY-lFDoF3/s1600-h/PICT0754.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247523409041171922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WuRic5Jz7bXQqq2ATEt5TxRyK5WpZCrtmGp1H0aBQY3BricabGyuE1KnO6CS1CYtcBd3p0nunZ3xxXkZJVtQwWdZcV3tsVf2UQxY4LdHzID8XzPshLRYaDwEmAjJa1YCVFuMY-lFDoF3/s400/PICT0754.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Strange as it may seem to have back-to-back foot posts, this may be a trend as the weather cools and sleeves grow longer.<br /><br />I interrupted a conversation Melissa was having with someone else in front of <a href="http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=582">Borders on Penn Plaza</a> to ask her about her inked right foot.<br /><br />The words are based on a passage from the Bible, from the Book of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew">Matthew</a>, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22:37">Chapter 22, Verse 37</a>, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul." It's a slightly edited version, but the message is the same.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ooEFC6jfGZJfuk20P-V7U0e9DSoSd_cP21KIsRxU0a4wS-xjwYEFw_sKV1QoOlI4BwEEva5dkDnW9QWKBr2zYbxZ2-tbrLVCoZLSKyho8mYZ6MITLnTuOcLyADCfp1CjFfZr22T7qCqI/s1600-h/quote+mnini.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247524655646982178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ooEFC6jfGZJfuk20P-V7U0e9DSoSd_cP21KIsRxU0a4wS-xjwYEFw_sKV1QoOlI4BwEEva5dkDnW9QWKBr2zYbxZ2-tbrLVCoZLSKyho8mYZ6MITLnTuOcLyADCfp1CjFfZr22T7qCqI/s400/quote+mnini.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Melissa explained that these words have even more meaning for her as they are engraved on her father's headstone. He passed away several years back.<br /><br />This passage was inked by <a href="http://lonewolftattoo.com/craig.html">Craig Messina</a> at <a href="http://lonewolftattoo.com/">Lone Wolf Tattoo</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bellmores,_New_York">Bellmore, New York</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Melissa for sharing this tattoo that means so much to her, here at Tattoosday.

Melissa's Biblical Footnote

Strange as it may seem to have back-to-back foot posts, this may be a trend as the weather cools and sleeves grow longer. I interrupted a co...

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