When Nate and I were planning our wedding, we looked for a symbol that would represent the unity of masculine and feminine. Something like the yin and yang symbol, which we didn't want to use for a variety of reasons. As we looked around, we kept coming back to the sun and moon. El sol (masculine) and la luna (feminine). Nate's mom had drawn artwork for his brother's wedding invitations and we thought it would be cool if she did the same for us.
While we were on our honeymoon in Playa del Carmen, we happened upon this necklace, which fit in rather nicely with the theme of our wedding. It's one of my favorite pieces of jewelry, as anyone who sees me regularly knows. I wear it often.
Zoe was born on May 19. That evening, the sky had a crescent moon, Venus, and
as Space.com explained: "you may be able to see the full globe of the Moon, its darkened portion glowing with a bluish-gray hue interposed between the sunlit crescent and not much darker sky. This vision is sometimes called 'the old Moon in the young Moon's arms.' Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the first to recognize it as what we now call 'Earthshine.'"
I've thought about getting a tattoo at various points in my life but could never decide on a symbol. I wanted to make sure that anything I put on my body would be something I could live with permanently. After I had Zoe, I began to think about commemorating that life-changing event with something related to the moon, since that has had so much symbolism for me during my marriage.
I have a rough idea, a recommendation for a tattoo artist and studio, but haven't built up my nerve yet. I tend to avoid pain if given the choice so I'll have to overcome that if I really decide to go through with this.
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