Recently got this and it is my first tattoo. I designed the artwork all myself on the computer so it's definitely on e of a kind. It has a few meanings packed into it. The basic line "family is forever" is directed at a situation my family is going through. The verse John 6:68 says.. "Simon Peter said to the Lord, 'To whom shall we go? For you have the words of eternal life.' " The swallows represent loyalty and trust because particularly swallows were used for messenger birds in the past.