Audrey Mae SpencerSpencer Historical CemeteryHenry Straight / William Spencer Family Cemetery
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Monthly Archives: August 2002

7 August 2002

Heather: How are you doing today?

Audrey: Well, I drank cocoa this morning and that has sugar!

7 August 2002

Heather: Oh, a little bit of sugar is O.K. How do you feel about going to Alpine Nursing Home for a respite week?

Audrey: I’ll be happy to be there for a week. It will be fun! I’ll be with Margie. We were always the best of friends. She was married to Stuart, Dad’s older brother. We do not know about Dad’s other brother Robert’s wife, Gladys. She had a bad spell and gave away her land to some creep. Maybe she is dead now. We do not know. Robert, he was sick and too fat and died young. Robert used to go hunting and he would talk with your father. Dad’s oldest brother Donald was great! Your Dad always loved his oldest brother Donald the best. Donald was always good to Dad – when Dad was a kid and all Dad’s life.

17 August 2002

Heather: (Visiting Audrey at Alpine) Hello, Mother, I am here in Rhode Island to visit you for the week end. How are you doing during your one week stay at Alpine Nursing Home?

Audrey: Where are you from now?

17 August 2002

Heather: Goodness, so many changes in your life. Now you are at Alpine for a one week respite. I am visiting you here, but I am still living in California.

August: I’m tired. I’ve lived a long time. I’m ready to go.

21 August 2002

Heather: Hi Mother. I’m back in California so now we are returning to our telephone conversations. Tell me. How would you describe your life?

Audrey Mae MacDonald

Audrey: Most of my life my head was just above the water, not under it or above it. You don’t stew, stew and stew and stay healthy! I’m feeling good now. Don’t feel bad at all! Everything is green and quiet as I look out my window.

Martin is happy. He drops in every once in a while.

I heard that we need to read a book at least three or four times before you can really understand it. I’m reading Pride and Prejudice now.

23 August 2002

Ian Douglas MacDonald

Audrey’s Great Grandson

Ian Douglas MacDonald

Born August 23, 2002
8 lbs   6 oz
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Proud Parents are Suzanne (née Stagner) and Roger MacDonald

28 August 2002

Heather: What is it like at Crystal’s house?

Audrey: My breakfast is fixed every morning. Ernie is a great cook. The cat, the dog and me are keeping house. Buddy (the dog) is enough! We get along good during the week! Crystal comes and goes, and, of course, Ernie is always working. Crystal takes care of the four babies every Wednesday morning. She comes home tired, but she loves to care for them.