the layers of my life: a memoir in the making

this is a project i began in the summer of 2002 with my grandmother, Barbara Helen Seufert. She passed the following February before she could take me to her Dominican. she did make one thing very clear, however. she wanted her memoir to be called, The Layers of My Life, and so it shall be.

i have long known that i would need to separate her into several women to give any kind of genuine representation to the degree of fullness which depicts her life. so, i intend to write a fictional biography utilizing the following characters to tell her complex, dramatic, dark, magnificent story.

i haven't named the women yet, but here they are:

only child: deceptive, controlled, fearful, constant correspondence, co-dependent
thespian: flirtatious, confident, independent, glamorous
major's wife: hostess, gossiper, resentful, gimlets, japan
mother: distant, secretary, demanding, well-meaning, jealous
dominican artist: sensual, mysterious, passionate, legendary, suicidal
nana: exuberant, humorous, community director, unwitting caretaker
cancer patient: girlfriend, distrustful, intelligent, beloved

i'm in desperate need to finish something, for the sake of knowing closure again. but, this project in particular is winsome to me. i look forward to embarking on this project with you.