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Monthly Archives: October 2004

3 October 2004

Book Party : “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey” © 2004 by Heather D. MacDonald

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16 October 2004

Heather: Even though we just celebrated the publication of Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey, your memoirs, I’m going to keep writing down your comments. What do you think about young people today?

If you are going to have children, you get married.  You do as you feel (otherwise).

 

16 October 2004

Heather: A number of people have said to me that they admired you because you never let life get you down but you stayed true to yourself. You are artistic and creative and you never lost that.

23 October 2004

Heather: Hello, Mother. What’s going on at Alpine and how are you doing today?

I’m looking out the window (now).

We play games (activities for seniors at Alpine Nursing Home) but I’m all sleepy all the time.  They may come (for me) and I’m asleep.

(Now) I’m rocking back and forth (in the companion chair with it’s four small wheels). I love the way it (the companion chair) rocks back and forth.

23 October 2004

Heather: Have you seen Spencer lately?

I am glad for him with Carol.  He’s where he should be.

23 October 2004

Heather: What are you reading these days, Mother?

To Kill a Mockingbird and Dr. Martin Luther King’s book.

24 October 2004

Heather: Did you see Doug?

(Yes) Doug looks good.

I’m good (also).

The birds and squirrels are always outside my window.  They all come to eat and do acrobats! I’m never bored.

24 October 2004

Heather: Did you ever have nicknames when you were younger?

No, but Ed was John Edward (Spencer).

24 October 2004

Heather: What did you like most in your life?

As a child? Playing with my doll.  I adopted Edith’s dolls. I had them after Edith. Then Anna Jane got the dolls. They probably all broke with her.  She was reckless. She didn’t sit and hold them.  She was running around and throwing them up in the air.

I’m very alert today.  I’m reading books.

Vaughn (was here).

Everything around here (Alpine Nursing Home) looks so nice. I’m lucky. I don’t have any pain at all.

24 October 2004

Heather: Are you drinking enough water?

No, but the pan (pitcher) is sitting right there looking at me.  Sometimes I think I am bright but other times, I’m dead.

[Heather:  Yes Mother. We all feel energetic at times and other times just exhausted.]

Big time yesterday (Halloween at Alpine Nursing Home). Everybody had a pumpkin face.  Everybody made their own.  There was a beautiful witch with a cute face and a black nose with a hat sitting on head. Straw & hay.

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