Maria, Carmen, Mercedes, and Rosina Marques Maria, my middle name Carmen, my grandmother Rosina, whose name I thought was Padrineta until just recently, when really Padrineta means godmother in Catalan, so I guess I can keep calling her that.  And of course Mercedes, or Sedi, looks so strikingly like I did as a child the family talked briefly about reincarnation, which is of course impossible. loveless marriage, worthless sons, smoked forever, died on my 15th birthday. so, this, this will be me? 

Maria, Carmen, Mercedes, and Rosina Marques

Maria, my middle name

Carmen, my grandmother

Rosina, whose name I thought was Padrineta until just recently, when really Padrineta means godmother in Catalan, so I guess I can keep calling her that. 

And of course Mercedes, or Sedi, looks so strikingly like I did as a child the family talked briefly about reincarnation, which is of course impossible. loveless marriage, worthless sons, smoked forever, died on my 15th birthday. so, this, this will be me?