Awww hun! TY for asking! I didn't want to bore all who have heard this before...but there are new members who wouldn't know about the fly........except that they land on shit! OMG! LOL! Don't think I haven't heard that one before!

You are correct...there is a story.

Growing up, my mother would tell us (5 kids)......"When I die I'm coming back as a fly......to drive you all as crazy as you are driving me"! Mom had a warped sense of humor.....so I guess it's true that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

Anyway......Mom died in 1982 (at 54 years of age) and from that day on it haunted me and my youngest sister to no end that we could no longer kill houseflies! It just seemed wrong to swat them......so much so that even at work, everyone says to me, "C_ _ _, your mother is driving me nuts over here"! when a fly is annoying them.....lol!

My sis and I couldn't stand it anymore.....knowing how dirty a fly is and taking the time to catch one and release it outdoors (it's a difficult task to say the least)....so we decided we'd tattoo "Mom" on us forever. Sis has the exact tat as you see in the pic.....only hers is on her ankle (she was chicken to get it anywhere else).......and I put mine above my heart!

((((Southern Charm)))))

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