At a physical therapy office earlier today, one of the assistants signed me in and helped me get started on the equipment.

I immediately noticed some Roman numerals tattooed on the front of her arms. When she returned, I asked if she'd be willing to tell me what they meant. Her instant response was a huge smile and the words "Absolutely-- these are my stories."

She explained it was her dad's birthday on her right arm because "he's my right hand man." And it's her mom's birthday on her left arm because "my mom is closest to my heart." There was also a rosary with a cross for her grandmother "who taught me how to pray and brought me to church with her."

She then turned around to expose the back of her arms. The Roman numerals represented the birth dates of each brother because "they will always have my back."

I asked her how she decided on this and she said that it was deeply internal and not to prove anything to anyone but herself....it is rooted in just how much she appreciates the role each has played in her twenty-something years.

I wanted to share because it struck me as yet another way people make themselves relatable. We don't need to write a book or sit next to someone on a five hour flight to explain who we are and what we care about. In this case, a young woman in health care with body art essentially invites people on a daily basis to learn who she is and that makes her so-much-more-relatable than most.