Day 4 of 365 Days of Pinterest!

See this guy?

I really love him...A LOT.  That's Kraig, my boyfriend....Well, fiance, but I can't call him that yet because he hasn't "officially" asked me...because he's taking his sweet little time getting me a big pretty ring since I am spoiled and he thinks that's what I need...but we have a date set!  So yeah, he's the guy I'm going to marry here pretty soon.  Today while searching on pinterest I came across an amazing pin that got the wheels turning in my head and has caused my heart to swell and gives me a lump in my throat.  This means so much to me.  Let me explain.
First a little history...In 2008 way before Kraig and I met he was diagnosed with throat cancer.  It started as a sore throat that kept being diagnosed and treated as strep throat.  Finally he went to an ent who immediately diagnosed Kraig with throat cancer.  He was only 36 years old.  Kraig has never been a smoker or a drinker.  He took very good care of himself.  He had even been a personal trainer for 9 years.  It just goes to show that cancer is not picky.  It can be random and spontaneous and no one is immune to it!  He was started on a series of radiaton and chemotherapy back to back that lasted a total of 12 weeks.  12 weeks that as he has described to me as being an awful experience yet life-changing.  Somewhere around his 5th week of treatment he lost 100lbs in an unbelievable 7 days!  He told me that he was so weak and miserable that at one point he felt so bad and just felt like he couldn't make it through another treatment.  Thank God his doctor's assistant called him and she convinced him to keep going.  I so badly want to meet this woman and thank her someday!   A few weeks after the end of the treatments his CT showed that the cancer was gone!  I can't explain to any of you how often I think about what Kraig went through and how it makes me feel.  I am so thankful that he is here with me today healthy and in my eyes so very perfect!  I have always been a worrier, full of stress and anxiety and I'm known to let the smallest things turn my world upside down.  Since Kraig has come along, when I am about to have one of those moments he reminds me how precious life is and that the things I tend to put so much negative emphasis on are in reality so small and unimportant.  What's really important is that we are alive and healthy and we have love in our lives that some people are never lucky enough to find.
As I was browsing and pinning today I came across this:

I was amazed to see that all the cancers have their own ribbon.  Of course we are all so familiar with the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness because of the number of peoples lives it affects is so great.  I was really excited to see that head and neck cancer had a ribbon.  As I said before, once I saw this the wheels in my head started turning.  I googled "throat cancer ribbon" to see what I could find.  Here are a couple of images I found and liked for my idea...

And just what is my plan?  Well in less than a month I will be turning 34.  At that time exactly 16 years ago I got my first and only tattoo.  I've got a butterfly on my left ankle.  Over the past 16 years I've wanted more but it's just never happened.  Well this year it's going to happen.  I will be getting my second tatt and it will have the burgandy and ivory throat cancer ribbon incorporated into it in some way.  I plan on having someone (Hopefully Miss Kayla!) custom draw a design for me.  As of now I am undecided on if I will get it on my chest (left side because he is my heart!) or on the back of my neck. 
I love this man.  I'm going to marry this man.  He has brought so much meaning to my life.  So much love that I never realized truly existed.  I have no doubt in my mind that just as sure as I am that I will spend my life with him that I want this tattoo. 
What will Pinterest bring me next?!?!