I have an artist friend who does these wonderful paintings for her friends based on a single word of their choosing. I asked her if she would design my first tattoo instead and the word would be "rebirth". I wanted to celebrate my moving to LA and starting a whole new life for myself. She came up with a wonderful design but I didn't have the extra money to get it done for the longest time. Then she decided to have a friend of hers fly to LA to do a new tattoo for her because she liked his work so much, so she sent him a ticket. I finally had a little extra cash and decided it was time, so I asked her to ask him if he wouldn't mind doing mine while he was here. As it turns out, he made plans to do tatts around the LA area while he was here, so he told her that since he was going to be doing so well on this trip (that he didn't even have to pay for), he would do mine for free. He did an amazing job and I gave him a really nice tip anyway. But what a nice thing to do. So not only did I get my first tattoo but it comes with a great story.