Start from the shoulder with a massive guardian angel…

Start from the shoulder with a massive guardian angel unfolding wings, but make the wings a bit tattered from battles, showing you've been through hell. Lower down, transition into a blooming tree trunk for life, roots tangled around your wrist like they're anchoring you to earth—each root could symbolize a kid, twisting out into small handprints or paw prints. Up top, faint shadows of the reaper lurking in the wings' feathers, but they're breaking apart, turning into birds flying away