Who Are These People, Really?

Now that I've introduced the cast of characters, here's a bit more about the main players.

Tara, of course, our scribe in this tale, is a petite, energetic 55 year old. She wears her silver hair in a short, classic bob, which frames her elfin face and sparkly blue eyes. She loves to walk, and sets out every morning, rain or shine, on her "moving meditation. I can't quite decide on her profession - it doesn't feel right to make her a musician, since I've already given her the same name as the main character in Da Capo, who has to be a musician. Perhaps a photographer? Something artistic, for sure.

As Tara's disease progresses, and she undergoes treatment, her spirit will never waver. She will spend a good part of the book in denial of the finality of her diagnosis, determined to fight the disease with all her powers of optimism.

Anne Elizabeth will of course be a major presence in the letters. Tara will reflect on her own pregnancy and birth, and remember Anne as a baby. Anne's personality will tend to be less dynamic than her mothers. Though as strong willed as Tara, her focus is more inward. She tends to be more spiritual than practical at times, and embraces a fairly conservative religious outlook that irritates Tara more often than not. Anne, planning to be a stay at home mom, currently works as an elementary school teacher in a small, church based, private school.

Next up...the men in the tale...