Loving and supportive parents, Tanya and Adam Phillips from Grimsby, got matching tattoos of their daughter’s birthmark so that she doesn’t feel different as she grows up.
18-month-old Honey-Rae Phillips was born with a red birthmark all over the right side of her body, it stretches from her toes to her lower back, and has not lightened over time.
The parents used to cover up the birthmark, but now because of their matching tattoos, they see it as something to celebrate instead of hide away. They didn’t want people to stare and point at their daughter in public, and were worried that she would be bullied at school.
Honey-Rae loves her mum and dad’s strawberry coloured tattoos and her parents have made their daughter feel special rather than different.
Tanya quoted from an interview in the Mirror
When the swelling went down, I showed Honey-Rae, and she gently touched it and smiled as she said “Match”, pointing to her own leg. If I’d have needed any reassurance that I’d made the right decision that was it. She now constantly touches mine and Adam’s tattoos then her own birthmark and giggles – I couldn’t be happier.
Image from The Telegraph