My limited experience with piercings began with my daughters. They were desperate to get their ears pierced when they were in grade school. The summer their cousin got married in Vail we drove out to Colorado in our Sienna van (which they always referred to as the "egg"- due to its shape). As usual they began their typical road trip quarreling. So I bribed them. I told them they could get their ears pierced when we got home if I didn't hear a peep out of them for the rest of the trip. It worked like a charm! Best trip we ever had! Not usually into bribing but that time was worth it. It was a long trip- but exceedingly pleasant.
I had my ears pierced once but gave up on it because I got impatient with the healing process. Just got them repierced today.
I am a regular Red Cross blood donor. In fact I am into competitive donating! I have given over 15 gallons over the years- mostly thru frequent platelet donations. Since you are deferred from giving for some time after piercings or tatoos I never had any. But now I am deferred for a year anyway ( after being in Nicaragua) so I decided it would be a good time to be holy in a different way.
I remember when my younger daughter was in high school. She went on a trip to Florida with a friend's family. She called me one evening and told me she had gotten her belly button pierced and asked me if I was mad. I just started laughing which really surprised her I guess, but what's the point of getting mad about something that's already done?! Come to find out she had had it done the month before in Columbus- just waited until she was cross country to let me know, so I could defuse if necessary before she got home..(She was always a step ahead of me!) She's also the one who got her nose pierced in college. Guess my son in law had his tongue pierced in high school- it's hard to imagine now. At the time he said he was taking Chinese and had the best pronunciation in class due to the piercing. :)
Aminah Robinson (Columbus artist) has the most and best piercings I have ever seen.- almost too many to count- but definitely fascinating.
Would you say that a preacher with lots of piercings is "holier than thou?"
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