Thank you for the nice replies everyone! I’ll reply to everyone who has posted so far in this post.

Joker1: Like Outlaw said, I am 19 years old.

Sherav: Ohh, I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been through the same sort of situation. Yeah, there are some hard days (especially after I turned 18 because it meant that I officially had begun to outlive her, and I’ve been fighting some sort of survivor-guilt type feelings since then), but it definitely has been easier, especially in the past few years.

Outlaw: Thank you! I can’t wait to meet them.

apostle228: Thank you!

Now for a quick update.
I just got back from the artist consultation and had some rather unsuccessful ideas sketched out for the artist to take a look at. None of them were the exact design that I had in mind so I told her about my ideas and paid the deposit and the fee for her sketch. Since it’s a fairly simple tattoo, it shouldn’t cost more than 100 dollars.
I’m still getting it over my heart, and I modified the sketch a bit to put the initials at a sort of downward slant, but the rest of the details I’ll save for tomorrow because that is when I’m getting it! The appointment is at 3 PM PST and I’ll definitely post pictures when I’m done.

Oofah, I’m already shaking from adrenaline..