Audrey Mae SpencerSpencer Historical CemeteryHenry Straight / William Spencer Family Cemetery
Vaughn Historical CemeterySpencers of East Greenwich, RI
24 August 2003

Heather: What are you doing now?

Audrey: I’m watching the clouds as they float by. I always loved looking up at the clouds. Aunt Alice gave a talk on the clouds. We used to crochet together.

6 September 2003

Heather: How are you with the companion chair?

Audrey: It is a beautiful little chair you sent. It isn’t heavy at all. It folds up in a little box. I love the chair.

6 September 2003

Heather: What have you been doing?

Audrey: Doug was here. He drove me up to see Suzanne and Roger’s home.  Ian woke up before I left!  I couldn’t be happier. Everything is going along fine. I enjoy life. The sun is shining and there is a daddy longlegs on the outside corner of my window. My hearing is good if everything around me is quiet.

13 September 2003

(No Answer)

21 September 2003

Heather: How are you feeling today, Mother?

Audrey: I feel the same. I don’t feel any older or younger. I’m always pretty tired. I was born in 1912. I like to sleep a lot. I don’t seem to be too strong. I’m a great “napper”!! I love to take naps.

21 September 2003

Would it be easier to lie down and talk?

Audrey: No. No. No.  I have a nice chair. I like to sit up and talk.

21 September 2003

Heather: Who have you seen lately?

Audrey: They come and go. I see them all the time. Oh, there goes Sir Sobersides. He is long and lanky and has a black cap on! He never smiles when he takes out the trash. Vivian, she is a nice quiet lady. Everything is going along smooth. I don’t have to do a thing.

27 September 2003

(No Answer)

19 October 2003

Heather: Hello, Mother, I tried calling you last Saturday, but there was no answer.

Audrey: We get along!  They (Alpine Nursing Home staff) take us places. They push us around. I stand up and turn around two or three time a day. I get a little bit of exercise.

19 October 2003

Heather: How would you describe your life, Mother?

Audrey Mae MacDonald

Audrey: I feel as if my life was floating along with my head out of water. Not deep in trouble but not too graciously happy either. Just floating along with my head just out of water. Of course, the happiest time in life was when I held a baby. I used to tell your father that the children come first.