What is Tattooed Mommas?

Some of you may be wondering what this blog is all about and where the title came from. Tattooed Hippie Pirate Mommas, or Tattooed Mommas for short, is a group of women who met on meetup.com in July 2011. I was part of a local mom's group and hadn't really vibed well with the girls, partly because of social anxiety and mostly because I was afraid to death to look stupid as a new mom to two in front of strangers. Turns out, those women weren't as supportive as I thought they would be, so I distanced myself from the group.

A little bit about women: There are a few who never grow out of high school drama mode. Thankfully, there are a handful of awesome bitches who stand out above the rest, and those are the Tattooed Hippie Pirate Mommas. Well, at least they are now. After distancing myself for a bit, I started my own group on meetup to find other renegade out-of-the-box women... which immediately became wildly successful, and the other group leaders deleted me. Oh well, their loss.

There are 51 tattooed mommas today and we hang out weekly. I adore these women. I wouldn't make it through life without them.

Brittany, Lauren, me, Stephanie & Rachel at a family potuck, my house. vintage dress by gunne sax

my thrifting partner Skye and the adorable Myles

Becky and Elijah

Anja, Brittany, Rachel, Shannan, me, Angela, Skye and Lauren. (Angela doesn't count; she quit our group. We were too cool for her, obviously.)

Rachel, Lauren, Brittany, Kelley and me

Kelley and Skye

Sadon, Michelle and I

And they say I always look cute, but how cute are they?

Since our tattooed momma friends from other states wanted to join in our fun, we started a Facebook group for others to meet wherever they are. This is my group description:

For all of the tattooed hippie pirate mommas out there... We gotta stick together! ♥ Tattooed Hippie Pirate Mommas is a movement to bring all of the unconventional, out-of-the-box types of mommas together. It all started with a meetup.com group in north Texas, run by Stacy, the original tattooed hippie pirate momma. This group is for moms with tattoos to connect, wherever you are. Join forces, get tattoos together, show your children that you don't have to be" normal" to live a happy life! You can see Stacy's blog at http://tattooedhippiepiratemomma.blogspot.com/... and her twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/TatpirateMomma

Are you a tattooed hippie pirate momma? If so, follow my blog! :)

Tattooed Mommas Rock.

About six months ago, I was longing for friendship with other tattooed, hippie mommas and decided to take matters into my own hands by starting a group on Meetup.com. Who would have guessed that these women would become incredible lights in my own life when it seemed so dark?

This week there were two play dates hosted by other moms, and both were attended by only myself and two other girls, making for excellent conversation over coffee while the kids played. This morning sitting down with Brittany and Rachel, it was like I had known them forever. We are all so comfortable with each other and our kids have started to ask to play together. Their friendship warms my heart.

So to all my Tattooed Hippie Pirate Mommas, much love and appreciation. You have made my life so much better and my heart so much more full.