Audrey Mae SpencerSpencer Historical CemeteryHenry Straight / William Spencer Family Cemetery
Vaughn Historical CemeterySpencers of East Greenwich, RI
Conversations Sequel
11 September 2004

September 11, 2004, Beginning date for conversations included in the “Sequel” to “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey”

11 September 2004

Dates and Places of Audrey Mae’s Weekly Conversations for the original publications::

The original publication of “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey”, Audrey’s memoirs, covers Audrey’s weekly phone conversations with her daughter from the time period beginning June 12, 2002 and ending September 4, 2004. The only exception was sadly no phone calls between mother and daughter in March, April, May and June of 2003 when Audrey moved to Alpine and did not have a phone.

Date of Book Party Celebration for above printed book:

On October 3, 2004, Audrey’s family and friends planned a “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey” Book Party Celebration for Audrey at Alpine Nursing Home in Coventry, Rhode Island.

11 September 2004

Dates and Places of Audrey Mae’s Monthly Conversations for the “Sequel” to the original publication :

The “Sequel” covers Audrey’s conversations after the first printing of “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey”. The time frame for theSequel” to “Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey” is from September 11, 2004 through March 11, 2007.  (Audrey was a resident at Alpine Nursing Home in Coventry, Rhode Island until November 27, 2004 and was a resident at Kent Regency Nursing Home in Warwick, Rhode Island from December 5, 2004 until her death in March, 2007.)  Heather made monthly week-end trips to visit Audrey while she was a resident at Kent Regency Nursing Home until November of 2005 when travel across country was made bimonthly or every third month.

11 September 2004

Sequel to

Glimpses of the Past: Morning Conversations with Audrey Mae

Phone Conversations every Saturday at 8:30 AM (EST)

September 11, 2004 through November 27, 2004

(Alpine Nursing Home, Coventry, Rhode Island)

December 5, 2004 through March 11, 2007

(Kent Regency Nursing Home, Warwick, Rhode Island)

11 September 2004

Heather: Hello, Mother. How are you doing today at Alpine?

I feel fine.  I sit here and look out (the window).  Always something going on.

When Amber comes over, she fixes the bookcase.  Amber hasn’t come over lately.   O dear, I’m getting sleepy.

11 September 2004

Heather: O.K. I’ll call tomorrow. I love you.

Yes, I love you too, Heather.

12 September 2004

Heather: Hi, Mother. Today is Sunday. How do you feel?

I’m fine.  Feel very good.

Spen and Carol are happy together.

I’m reading Martin Luther King, Jr.’s book  How to Love.  It is very, very, very good.  I had a hard time to put it down.  Now I have a hard time to pick it up.  I can’t reach it.

12 September 2004

Heather: An Alpine staff member will come and help you reach it, I’m sure. Tell me something about a couple of your great grandchildren.

Meagan Elizabeth is a very pretty little girl.  Meagan Elizabeth is a pretty name.

12 September 2004

Heather: The fact that Elizabeth is also a family name really adds to the name, I’m sure.

Jessica, she is a jolly little girl.  She is always dancing around and always full of life.  She is very cute too.

All (of my great grandchildren) are lovely children.  Can’t find anything wrong with any of them.

17 September 2004

Mark Ray MacDonald, Jr.

Audrey’s Great-Grandson

Mark Ray MacDonald, Jr.

Born September 17, 2004 at 8:59PM
7lbs. 6 oz
Proud parents are Tonya (née Paolilli) and Mark MacDonald