There are few relationships that shape our lives more than those with our parents. Junior English major Katrina Jahn chose to immortalize the special bond she shares with her father by getting a treble clef accompanied with the words “You’ll be in my heart.” These lyrics are from the 1999 song of the same name by Phil Collins and was featured in Disney’s “Tarzan.” “I love that song so much, that is the song we are going to dance to at my wedding someday,” said Jahn, “It really represents the close bond that I share with my dad.”
“‘Tarzan’ is my favorite Disney movie because I really like the music in it. My dad used to watch it with me when I was younger. That song was written specifically for a mother and son, and it really perfectly reflects a parent child relationship,” said Jahn. She got her tattoo on her 18th birthday three years ago at Daddyo’s Tattoo & Body Piercing in Centralia, Illinois. “I was a little worried, but I talked to people that had gotten tattoos in the same area and how they had felt. They really helped calm my nerves a little bit,” said Jahn, “I think I went in with a very appropriate amount of anxiousness and it didn’t end up being that bad.”
Music plays a big role in Jahn’s life. “My parents were both very musical people. They played instruments and sang a lot. I would have to go to choir practices with them when I was young,” she said. “All of my older siblings were in choir and band, so I grew up playing the flute. Music reminds me of my family, which makes me happy.”
Currently Jahn only has one tattoo but plans on getting more. “I keep an entire Pinterest board full of tattoo ideas,” she laughed. “I have lot of different ideas and, being an art minor, I really like the idea of artwork tattooed on me forever. I think it’s a really nice expression.” Other lyrics Jahn plans on getting tattooed onto her are from Doris Day’s 1956 song “Que Sera, Sera” (Whatever Will Be, Will Be). Jahn said, “It might sound cheesy, but it’s not to me because to me whatever will be will be is a phrase that has really helped me with anxiety and it helps remind me to just let things be.”