The Hurricane of Roe V. Wade

Photo by Shashank Sahay on Unsplash

In August of 2004, I was vacationing in Florida with a friend and her family. I was 18 and carefree. We had a lovely trip, filled with beach sitting, parasailing, laughing and lots of sun.

I got my first tattoo on that trip!

We had to wrap up our vacation about a day early due to the onset of Hurricane Charley. We went to bed that night with the ocean a football field away from our back…