>>> WE HAVE TO STOP AND GET SOME GAS NOW BECAUSE I AM ALMOST AT E. WHENEVER ANYTHING Y HAPPENS, I ALWAYS SAY YOU BETTER BE ON BLOCK ISLAND LA BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TH ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

GOOD MORNING, CLIFF.

IT IS GOOD.

A FILL UP, PLEASE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> SO WHAT YOU DO FOR SOMEONE HERE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

LET US SEE HOW WELL YOU SMILE.

OH, TAKE THAT PICTURE BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE SEE IT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

I AM GIVING YOU SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> MEI COULD HAVE GONE TO BOSTON WITH JOHN WITH HIS RADIO LICENSE.

DO YOU THINK ANYONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN?

NO, MY OWN FRIENDS.

SOMETIMES I WISH PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I LIVED.

>> HOW LONG HAVE I KNOWN YOU.

>> G [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YES, I AM 45.

>> A LONG TIME.

>> SO UM, 42 YEARS.

>> PROBABLY, YES.

OH, YOU ARE GETTING OLD.

SO AM I, THOUGH.

THAT IS THE WHOLE THING RIGHT HERE, GEOGRAPHICS.

HE NEVER ERSMILES.

I ALWAYS TELL HIM, WHETHER YOU ARE WITH ME OR NOT, BUT LET ME SEE HOW YOU ARE SMILING TODAY.

THE MIBOAT MUST HAVE JUST COME IN.

WE'LL GO COAROUND.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> COME IN.

>> I AM IN.

>> COME IN IF YOU ARE GOOD LOOKING.

>> LISTEN, I AM GOOD LOOKING, I I CAN COME IN--I CAN COME IN.

THEY ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

>> HE'S START WITH THE TH BEGINNING.

>> OKAY, HOW THI GOT HERE.

>> WELL, HOW YOU GOT INTO THE WORLD.

BECAUSE I GUESS MY PARENTS WERE READY AFTER THEY GOT MARRIED.

I WAS BORN IN DYTHE HOUSE THAT THEY LIVED IN AND WHERE I GOT MARRIED FROM, IN PROVIDENCE.

I WAS BORN UPSTAIRS IN THE BED B MOM.

MY BROTHER AND I HAD OUR TONSILS OUT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE.

I HAD GREAT PARENTS, GOOD CHILDHOOD.

WHEN I WAS NINE, I WAS VERY ILL AND I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, TA SPENT A LOT OF 6xMME THERE.

THERE WAS A NURSE THERE, HER NAME WAS FREIDA.

>> [ NINAUDIBLE ] >> IF YOU GET THERE AROUND THE T FIRST, GET THEM.

>> THERE YOU GO.

DO YOU WANT TO SATE RIGHT THERE AND DO IT?

>> NO.

>> SHE WAS JUST THE BEST PERSON.

SHE WAS FULL OF TLC.

AND YOU L KNOW WHEN YOU ARE 89, YOU ARE A--WHEN YOU ARE 9, YOU ARE A LITTLE--WHEN YOU ARE NINE, YOU ARE A LITTLE FRIGHTENED.

BUT NOT WITH HER.

SHE GOT ME THROUGH IT, I WOULD I SAY, BUT YES, SHE WAS THE ONE AND THAT IS WHAT MADE ME DECIDE TO BE THE NURSE.

>> I DON'T WANT A TURN KIT WHEN I KAM DOING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.

>> SO IT IS KIND OF NICE TO HAVE A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.

AND I NEVER KEPT UP WITH HER BUT I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN HER, EITHER.

>> AM I ALIVE?

>> SO FAR.

I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE CADET FIRST CORPS.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> AND IT WAS IN 45, IF THERE WAS STILL A WAR, WE HAD TO GIVE THREE YEARS TO THE COUNTRY.

WE WERE VERY LUCKY THE WAR WAS OVER.

WE DIDN'T WAHAVE TO GIVE ANY NY TIME.

WE FELT THAT WE WERE CLASSY.

WE E WORE THAT AND THEN WHEN WE GOT OUR WHITES, OH, MY GOD, WE COULD NOT WAIT TO GET ON THE TROLLLY CAR SO EVERYBODY COULD SEE YOUR WHITE UNIFORMS AND WHITE STOCKINGS AND SHOES.

AND IT WAS JUST A PROUD TIME.

VERY JUPROUD.

58.

>> PRI GOT YOU BEAT BY TWO.

MINE IS 60.

>> YOU HAVE A PACEMAKER PUSHING IT THERE.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WENT INTO NATURALLY.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS, I WAS VALID VICTORIAN AND ASSISTANT VIHEAD NURSE WHEN I GRADUATED.

IT WAS A HAPPY, HAPPY TIME IN I MY LIFE.

VERY HAPPY.

OKAY, SEE YOU FRIDAY, BOYS.

>> WELL, WHEN II CAME OUT, I WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL, ST. .

JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOR A WHILE.

AND THE DOCTOR IS ALWAYS THERE, OR RIGHT AT YOUR ELBOW.

YOUR MS ARE ALL THERE.

YOU HAVE A BIG BACK UP TEAM.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

WE WENT IN AT 7:00, LEFT AT 3:00 AND THEN I DID INDUSTRIAL IA NURSING AT THE OLD ATLANTIC MILL.

I THINK THAT WAS MY SCARIEST.

WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN THE MILL, YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE IS GOING COME IN WITH THEIR ARM HANGING OFF OR THEY HAVE A TEMPERATURE OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO YOU ARE ALWAYS ON EDGE.

AND I DID THAT FOR ONLY ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AND I ENJOYED IT.

I REALLY DID.

WE COULD JUST GO RIGHT UP TO [ INAUDIBLE ].

SHE WILL BE WAITING FO[NZPtUS.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WALKED IN THE SNOW TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES, LIKE TWO MILES AWAY.

I WALKED AND IN THE HURRICANES, I DID EVERYTHING, I WAS LIKE A LI PIONEER, THOSE WHERE THE GOOD DAYS.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOU REALLY WERE GOING SOMETHING.

TAKE YOUR TIME, GO SLOW.

I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, MARY.

>> I KNOW YOU DON'T.

BUT YOU SHOULD BE USING YOUR WALK I CAN.

>> WELL, IF I DISTURB-WALKER.

>> WELL, IF I USED IT YOU WOULD LD KNOW I WAS GETTING OLD.

I TAKE IT TO BED WITH ME IN CASE I HAVE TO GET UP AND PEE.

I DON'T WANT TO PEE ON THE RUG.

>> I GRADUATED IN '48.

I GOT MARRIED IN '49.

HIS COUSIN WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL SC WITH ME AND SOME OF US STARTED TO WRITE TO HIM AND I WOUND UP GETTING HIM.

WELL, YOU ARE THIN KNOW, THOUGH.

VERY.

>> THIN OW AND SHORTER.

>> YOU ARE SHORTER.

YOU ARE SHRINKING.

THAT IS NOT A BAD THING.

>> IT ISN'T?

>> WELL, YOU WERE NEVER TALL.

>> YES.

>> YEP.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

>> AMHE WAS A TELEPHONE MAN.

HE WAS PH[ INAUDIBLE ] AT THAT TIME.

WITH ALL OF THAT TIME THAT HE H WORKED OVERTIME BUT BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY EXCITING.

>> SO WHERE WHERE HAS WAS- -WHERE WAS THAT?

>> IN WALL WICK, RHODE ISLAND.

AND WE STAYED THERE.

WE HAD TWO MORE CHILDREN, WE W HAD FOUR.

AN OPPORTUNITY CAME UP TO COME C TO BLOCK ISLAND.

THE THING TOWAS TO COME HE HAD TO TO HAVE HIS RADIO LICENSE, WHICH HE WANTED.

SO THE PHONE COMPANY SENT HIM TO RADIO SCHOOL IN BOSTON.

AND HE GOT HIS LICENSE.

BUT WHEN I CAME, THERE WAS NO DOCTOR OR NURSE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH THE PHONE COMPANIES, THEY MUST HAVE TOLD THEM THAT JOHN'S LIFE WAS A NURSE.

SO THEY CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD TAKE THE JOB HERE AND I SAID I HAD NOT BEEN BE WORKING AND I HAD FOUR CHILDREN.

AND THEY WERE NEEDY.

THEY SAID JUST HEGO DOWN, TAKE TA THE JOB, TAKE YOUR FOUR CHILDREN, AND GET THESE PEOPLE OFF OUR BACKS.

SO, R I SAID ALL RIGHT.

SEE, IT IS UP AGAIN.

>> IT IS UP.

>> IT IS UP.

>> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> OH, IT IS NOT.

IT T IS BECAUSE IT IS UP THERE.

>> WHEN YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKES ME KNOW.

>> MEMY MOTHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SAID WE ARE MOVING TO BLOCK ISLAND, OH, MY GOD, WE WERE WE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE GOING TO THE ENDS YOU HAVE THE EARTH.

>> I WILL SEE--ENDS OF THE EARTH.

>> I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> OH, IT IS MISERABLE, , MARGARET.

>> WE WERE ON , THE OLD SPRING KARL AND IT WAS A--CAROL AND IT WAS A LITTLE THE ROUGH AND I REMEMBER ONE OF THE DC HANDS WAS A MAN--OF THE DECK HANDS N WAS A MAN NAMED BUSTER, AND HE HELD THE YOUNGEST ONE ALL THE WAY OVER.

AND FROM THEN ON, LIFE CHANGEED.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> WHAT HAPPENED IN RHODE ISLAND, THEY CANCELED THE TH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NURSES OUT IN THE FIELD.

THEY FIRED ME.

THE TOWN WAS IN AN UPROAR.

EVERYBODY WROTE LETTERS SO THEY WROTE BACK AND SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE.

THEY HAD NOT REALLY FIRED ME BUT WE ALL HAVE IT ON RECORD.

AND THE REASON THAT THEY DIDN'T IS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DOCTOR.

FOR 54 NOYEARS I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT TH UP.

BECAUSE I AM INDEPENDENT MORE OR LESS.

I SEND MY DAY SHEETS ENIN ONCE A WEEK.

BUT THE THING IS, I CALL THEM AND SAY I AM GOING TO TAKE WEEK OFF.

AND THEY RECALLED SAY ARE YOU HOUR RYOU WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF--THAT I YOU ARE- -ARE YOU SURE THAT OUYOU WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

SO YOU KNOW, I AM STILL JUST JU FLOATING.

I AM AND I JUAM IN THE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO--AND I AM NOT.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP.

I WILL BE THE LAST ONE END PENDENT OR THE LAST- -INDEPENDENT OR THE LAST ONE WORKING IN THE ENTHFIELD FOR THE TH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND I AM PROUD OF THAT.

IT IS 1973, THE TOWN GAVE ME A JEEP AND IT HAD A RADIO IN IT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS IN TOUCH.

THEY COULD ALWAYS GET ME.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> YOU HAD TO BE CAREFUL GOING OUT, YOU COULD NOT REALLY GO OUT AND DO MUCH BECAUSE YOU WERE ALWAYS ON CALL.

WE HAD A DOCTOR WHO HAD BEEN HERE NOT TOO LONG BEFORE I CAME, AND HE GhpKNEW ALL OF THE PATIENTS.

SO I WOULD CALL HIM.

AND D TELL HIM THAT SUE IS SICK TODAY, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD SAY SHE CANNOT HAVE PENCILLEN BUT I WILL GET YOU SOMEONE ELSE.

SO THAT IS HOW THAT WORKED OUT AND I HAD SOME UM, SOME [ INAUDIBLE ] AND I HAD SOME ANTIBIOTICS THAT I KEPT IN THE OLD X RAY DEVELOPING TUB.

THAT IS WHERE I KEPT THEM.

>> HELLO.

>> SO WE WERE ABLE, WITH WHAT WE HAD, TO WORK THAT WAY TALKING TO THE DOCTORS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> I AM GLAD TO HAVE THE STITCHES.

I HAVE E TO GET THEM FRAMED AGAIN.

BUT MY MOTHER RATAUGHT SCHOOL HERE, AND WITH HER FIRST DAY, SHE GAVE THESE TO MY GRANDMOTHER.

>> OH, NICE.

YES, I SEE.

>> PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, YOU CANNOT DO IVs OR ANYTHING.

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THOSE THINGS SO--TO DO THOSE THINGS.

SO THE MOST TECHNOLOGY IS TO MAKE OUT A SUR RING AND FILL IT.

>> ARE FIYOU FEELING ALL RIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE SHORTNESS?

>> YES, THE SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

>> YOU COULD MAYBE SIT DOWN WHILE YOU ARE DOING THAT, TOO.

>> YES.

YES.

WELL WHEN I AM ATSITTING IT IS NOT SO BAD.

BUT IF IT IS GOING OVER THERE THINGS, USING ENERGY.

>> I SAT , UP WITH PEOPLE AT NIGHT IF THEY WERE SCARED.

I SAT UP WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

MY FIRST PLANE RIDE, ANY PLANE RIDE, WE FLEW A DOCTOR OVER FROM WEST PHILLY AND I NEWENT OFF OF WITH THIS PATIENT.

THE THING IS WHEN THERE IS NO DOCTOR, YOU ARE SCARED BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

SO MY THEORY WAS ALWAYS, IF THIS WAS MY FAMILY, WHAT WOULD I DO?

>> 124/70.

>> THAT IS OKAY.

>> IT IS EXCELLENT.

>> GOOD.

>> YES, THAT ENIS VERY GOOD.

>> YES, THANK YOU.

I DON'T OVERDO.

>> WELL, I DON'T WANT YOU OVERDOING BECAUSE YOU GET SHORT OF GBETH AND THAT IS NOT--OF BREATH AND THAT IS NOT GOOD.

>> I ALWAYS WENT WHEN ANYONE CALLED ME BUT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CHILDREN, THE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS CALLING YOU MAY BE ALONE.

AND REALLY, NEEDS SOMEONE.

YOU KNOW, SO THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE, OR THEY ARE NOT ALONE BUT THEY LIVE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT CAPABLE OF HELPING THEM.

SO IT IS A BIG, A BIG DIFFERENCE AND A YOU DON'T JUST WALK OUT ON YOUR CHILDREN.

YOU MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS AKALL RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO.

OR YOU GET E THEM IN THE CAR AND TAKE THEM WITH YOU.

>> PERFECT.

76.

VERY GOOD.

>> GOOD.

>> YEP.

>> THAT IS WHAT > >>YOU ALWAYS SAY.

>> SO I AM THANKFUL TO BE HERE, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE.

>> AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO STAY.

WE KNOW YOU ARE.

>> DRIVE IN THE CEMETERY AND UP THE HILL, IT IS THE FIRST LOT ON THE RIGHT AND IT HAS THE BIG ROCK THERE.

IS THAT WHERE I WILL--THAT IS WHERE ATI WILL BE.

>> WHETHER IT IS HERE OR THERE, YOU WILL BE HOME.

>> SO YOU CAN COME SEE ME.

>> I WILL COME TO SEE YOU OUT OU THERE.

>> I OUGO UP ALL THE TIME TO SEE JOHN AND JOHN, MY TWO JOHNs.

SO YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO STOP THERE ON THE CONNER.

>> WHAT WAS IT YOUR SON JOHN HAD PROBLEMS?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, HE HAD AN ACUTE HEMORRHAGE.

ACTUALLY, HE HAD JUST TAKE AND SHOWER AND HE CAME OUT AND HE H WAS DOWN WITH HIS FRIENDS IN TEXAS AND THEY WENT IN TO TELL HIM THAT IT WAS TIME FOR THE BIRTHDAY MEAND JOHN WAS HALF ON THE THE BED.

HE--ON THE BED.

HE FELT SOMETHING HAPPENING AND HE THROW HIMSELF ON TO THE BED.

IT WAS VERY SUDDEN.

HE WAS WELL.

YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT HE WAS WELL.

>> IT WAS EMPTY.

IT WAS AN EMPTY FEELING.

IT WAS TYLIKE THAT WITH BIG JOHN, IT IS LIKE SOMEONE REACHES IN AND TAKES IT OUT OF YOU.

>> IT IS A SHAME.

>> YES, HE WAS YOUNG.

BIG JOHN DIED OF CANCER, WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE HAD.

AND HE DIED LIKE 10, NOT EVEN TEN DAYS BEFORE HIS 48th BIRTHDAY.

ACTUALLY, HE DIED AFTER SURGERY BUT WE DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO DIE.

IT WAS A SHOCK.

AND I HAD SEVEN CHILDREN, SOME WERE IN COLLEGE AND FOUR AT HOME.

AND YOUNG JOHN WAS JUST SIX.

AND I WAS ANGRY RIGHT AFTER HIS SURGERY, AWE READ IN THE PAPER, PE HIS SURGEON'S 7-YEAR-OLD SON HAD DIED AND HAD BEEN SICK ALL THIS TIME.

AND I FELT LIKE THIS, IF THAT TH MAN WAS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME, NOT ONLY JOHN BUT ALL OF HIS OTHER PATIENTS HIWHILE HIS CHILD WAS DYING.

I COULD NOT GET OVER THAT, TO BE ABLE TO [ INAUDIBLE ] TO OTHER PEOPLE--TO BE ABLE TO TEND TO OTHER PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS GOING ON.

>> YES.

OH, YES.

HE GAVE US N.THE ABILITY TO TO FORGET THE PEOPLE I NEVER LIKED.

THE GOOD FORTUNE TO RUN INTO THOSE I DO AND THE EYE SAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

>> YOU HAVE VERY GOOD EYESIGHT.

>> YOU HAVE DVERY GOOD EVERYTHING.

>> OH.

>> YES, YOU DO.

DON'T CATCH COLD THERE.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT [ INAUDIBLE ] AT 11:00.

>> I THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD REBUILD THE STEPS OR SOMETHING.

>> OKAY, GOOD, I ORAM GLAD YOU WERE HERE.

>> YOU SEE, D IT IS A GIFT THAT I CAN STILL WORK.

IF I DID NOT HAVE MARGARET HERE T WHO IS LIKE MY RIGHT ARM AND A DOES A GREAT DEAL FOR ME, HELPS ME WITH EVERYTHING, WITHOUT HER I WOULD BE LOST.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I COULD ACTUALLY STAY HERE.

SHE DOES ALLOTS FOR ME.

--A LOT FOR ME.

AND THEN, THE OTHER FIVE CALL ALL THE TIME.

NEVER A WEEK GOES BY.

SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK.

BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN, I THANK GOD, I AM THE LUCKIEST PERSON ALIVE.

>> LIZ WAS NOT BORN UNTIL AFTER HE GOT HERE.

AND WE--OF WE GOT HERE.

AND--AFTER WE GOT HERE AND WE DIDN'T LIVE HERE.

WHAT I REMEMBER OF THAT HOUSE IS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FORTOUS SLEEP.

MAYBE I AM REMEMBERING IT WRONG.

>> NO, G ITWE HAD A LOT OF US.

>> AND IF YOU WENT TO SLEEP FIRST, YOU WOKE UP WITHOUT A FILL LOW SOMETIMES - - WITHOUT A PILLOW SOMETIMES BECAUSE MICHAEL AND PATTY WOULD TAKE IT WHEN THEY WENT TO BED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED THIS LIFE WHERE THE WHOLE TOWN TO KNOWS HER AND SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE HE WAS MORE THEIRS THAN OURS.

BUT WE [yWOULD SAY OH, JUST PUT A BAND-AID ON IT.

AND YOU WOULD THINK, IF THAT WAS ONE OF THE PATIENTS SHE WOULD HAVE GOT AND LOT MORE THAN THAT.

BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARY AND MOM.

I ANDON'T THINK SHE IS THE IRON WOMAN THAT, WELL, SHE IS, UM, UM WHEN SHE IS OUT THERE BECAUSE SHE DOES A GOOD JOB AT WHAT SHE DOES.

BUT I SDON'T THINK SHE IS INVINCIBLE.

>> WE HAD SOME IS TOUGH TIMES WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.

YOU KNOW, DADDY BEING GONE.

BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE THAT IN YOU.

WE SAW THE DEPRESSED, SAD YOU.

BUT THE OUTSIDE WORLD DIDN'T.

AND YOU DIDN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO T SEE THAT.

>> YOU WERE ALWAYS VERY GOOD AT PUTTING ON THE FACE.

>> YES.

AND E.THAT IS WHERE I AM.

I AM FINE.

>> WELL, I KNOW.

>> YES, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER SOMETIMES HAD YOU NOT BEEN SO TOUGH.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LIKE I I AM GOING TO CARRY THE WHOLE WORLD ON MY SHOULDERS.

SO IT SOMETIMES, IT WAS LIKE WALKING ON EGG SHELLS.

LIKE YOU UM, YOU WERE ANGRY SOMETIMES.

>> ONE THING I REALLY HAD TROUBLE WITH AFTER JOHN DIED, FRIENDS, THE COUPLES WERE REALLY GOOD.

I CAME HOME ALONE AND BOY, DID THAT BOTHER ME.

THAT BOTHERS ME.

AND THEN I WOULD BE ANGRY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.

BUT REALLY, WHY ME?

IT WWAS HARD WHEN DADDY DIED BECAUSE WE WERE ALONE WITH THE SEVEN OF YOU AND MYSELF.

BUT UM, THAT IS WHAT KEPT ME GOING, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON PEYOU, YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT.

>> WELL, YES, YOU ARE A WORKER.

>> TOO MUCH.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> THIS IS SIA MAN WHO LIVES ON THE ISLAND.

HE HAS BEEN VERY ILL AND IN THE TH HOSPITAL AND HE IS NOW COMING C HOME ON HOSPICE.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO ADMIT HIM I TODAY.

AND HE IS IN THE AMBULANCE, PROVIDED BY THEM.

THE FAMILY WANTED HIM HOME.

HE WANTS TO COME HOME.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME AUXILIARY HELP SOME IN.

THEY ARE--COME IN.

THEY THARE GOING TO HAVE RELATIVES COME IN AND HELP THEM.

AND THEN MYSELF AND THE MEDICAL ME CENTER NURSE LINDA WE'LL BE MONITORING AND STOPPING IN TO T TAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE A DOCTOR ON THE ISLAND ALL THE TIME SO HE IS IN GOOD HANDS.

[ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> WHERE ARE YOU?

>> OH, SAY IT OUT LOUD.

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

>> HOME.

>> THAT IS IT.

ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

THE BOOKCASES ARE ALL DOWNSTAIRS.

DOWNSTAIRS AND L ALL OF YOUR Y BOOKS ARE SITTING ON THE POOL TABLE.

>> [ OLINAUDIBLE ] >> IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE.

>> DAD, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> YOU HAVE A VOICE.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

>> YOU ARE IN CHARGE.

ARE YOU TIRED NOW?

[ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> ALL RIGHT, OH, GOOD.

ER.

>> OGOR THE OLD FASHIONED KIND?

>> IOUSE THE OLD FASHIONED EVERYTHING.

SO DON'T KNOCK IT.

LINDA IS COMING WITH ME TOMORROW.

ALL RIGHT?

GOOD.

GOOD.

YOU HAVE TO TO.

TALK OUT LOUD.

>> OKAY.

>> DO LONOT CHEW ME OUT BECAUSE TERESA WILL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU WERE ON ABC.

>> YES, AND DON'T FORGET CBS, E MY GOSH.

>>> AND THIS ONE COMES FROM A PLACE CALLED NEW SHORE, THAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF A SMALL SM AND BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OFF OF RHODE ISLAND WHERE THERE IS A WOMAN YOU HAVE TO MEET.

SHE IS 83-YEARS-OLD AND CARES FOR HER NEIGHBORS THE WAY PEOPLE USED TO IN THE COUNTRY.

>> MARY IS THE ISLAND'S VISITING NURSE.

SHE TENDS TO THE PHYSICAL AILMENTS BUT SOME OF THEIR FINANCIAL AILMENTS AS WELL.

WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE, TIMES GET M TOUGH.

NURSE MARY HAS A CURE.

SHE PAYS THEIR BILLS, TO THE TUNE OF $50,000 LAST YEAR.

>> T THIS IS WHERE THEY FEEL SECURE TO TALK.

RIGHT THERE.

>> MARY WANTS EVERYONE TO MEET WITH HER FACE TO FACE.

>> AND YOU MAKE ALL OF THE DETERMINATIONS OF WHO GETS O WHAT.

IT IS NOT A BOARD.

>> NO, THAT IS ME.

>> SO WHAT HAPPENED?

YOU GOT THAT FIRST CALL FROM CBS?

>> CBS AND UM, WHAT WAS THEIR NAME, AMY SOMETHING.

BUT ANY WAY, SHE ASKED ME, SHE HAD SEEN THE ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THEN THERE WAS THE ARTICLE IN THE AARP, AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF I COULD DO SOMETHING FOR THEM AND I REALLY WAS VERY HESITANT.

TWICE I SAID NO, THAT I WOULDN'T.

SO I FINALLY SAID YES AND UM, U THEY CAME AND THEY SPENT TWO DAYS AND THEN I WENT ON A CRUISE AND WHEN I CAME BACK I WAS READY TO GO BACK ON THE CRUISE.

THE TABLE WAS STACKED.

I SAW THE WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT A YOU AND I WANTED TO SEND A DONATION TO HELP.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, COLUMBIA, YOSOUTH CAROLINA.

AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THEM [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] NEW YORK, ALABAMA, VIRGINIA, TEXAS, XA PORTLAND, OREGON.

CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, TENNESSEE, RHODE ISLAND, MONTANA, FLORIDA, PAN ODTHAT CITY, IT IS JUST- -PANAMA CITY, IT IS JUST AMAZING.

I JUHAD A COUPLE FROM CANADA, TOO.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE MARY MA D BOAT RACE AND THE RACE AND THE THIS AND THE MARY D FUND.

>> AND THIS IS FUN.

>> AND OF COURSE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME.

>> MRS. FUND.

>> IT WAS STARTED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES.

>> IT STARTED WITH A TWO PRINCIPLE BACKERS OF THE THING, THEY WERE O[ INAUDIBLE ] AND FATHER BOB RA NDA LL.

>> AND THEY TOOK A COLLECTION AT A MEN'S BREAKFAST AND THEY AN UM, I THINK $1400 THEY HAD, AND A THEN THEY NAMED IT FOR ME AND THEY PUT IT IN THE PAPER.

>> SHE WAS THE STAR.

SHE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.

IT WAS BECAUSE I KNEW THE PEOPLE AND I WAS IN THERE HOME.

SO I KNEW WHAT THEY NEEDED.

>> THANK YOU, IT IS YOUR TIME AND EFFORT THAT KEEPS AMERICA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

PLEASE DO NOT TELL THEM MY NAME.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> NOW THERE IS ONE OTHER THING THAT I DO, I HAVE TO JUST GO UP TO THE CEMETERY AND STOP FOR TWO MINUTES AND THEN LEAVE AGAIN.

SO DO YOU MIND COMEING?

THIS IS WHERE THE BIG CORNER LOT IS THAT BELONGS TO THE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].

>> I GO TO THE CEMETERY EVERY DAY.

I TALK MORE THAN PRAY.

SO THIS IS THE TWO JOHN'S, OUR SON HERE IN THE FRONT AND DADDY D IN THE BACK.

YEP, SO E I JUST COME UP AND SAY HELLO EVERY DAY.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> ON THE 14th OF DECEMBER I I WILL BE 85.

AND UM, I THINK IT IS A MILESTONE BECAUSE MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT NONE OF THE WOMEN IN HER FAMILY EVER LIVE TODAY BE 60.

SO I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT 60 BUT I PROVED THEM WRONG.

SHE DIED WHEN SHE WAS 54.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I GET WEAKER OR THIS GETS HEAVIER EVERY WEEK.

>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I AM BETTER OFF THAN MY MOLT MOTHER- -THAN MY MOTHER EVER WAS.

>> ACTUALLY, THAT IS MY MOTHER'S LAUNDRY BASKET.

>> I LAWENT TO [ INAUDIBLE ] YOUR GRANDMA [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND WE LAD TO GET UP AND GO TO 6:00 MASS EVERY MORNING.

THEY ALWAYS ERGIVE ME A GIFT.

AND THAT KIND OF KEPT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] GOING.

AND THEN WHEN I HAD THE CHILDREN, I COULD NOT ALWAYS GO EVERYONE MORNING.

ER CAN--GO EVERY MORNING.

BUT ONCE THEY GREW AND STARTED TO SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO GO EVERY DAY.

AND I AM A LEK TURN AND THE TRUSTEE OF THE CHURCH.

I LOVE HANGING MY WASH, I HANG IT ALL THE TIME?

I BECAME A MINISTER, OH, JOHN WAS ABOUT 10, SO ABOUT 35 YEARS YE AGO, I WAS THE FIRST ONE HERE IN THE PERISH AND THAT WAS THE GREATEST HONOR.

I JUST ALWAYS WISH MY MOTHER, ESPECIALLY WAS ALIVE TO KNOW I WAS DOING THAT.

>> SO G WHAT WASES GREATEST HONOR ABOUT IT?

>> BECAUSE AT I WAS GAVING THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST TO T PEOPLE AT COMMUNION TIME AND THAT IS A GREAT HONOR.

BECAUSE EAWHEN I WAS GROWING UP, IN YOU COULD NOT TOUCH THE HOST.

AND IF IT FELL ON THE FLOOR, ONE FELL, WE HAD TO PUT A ROSARY BEAD, SOMETHING OVER IT.

SO WHEN THEY WERE LETTING PAY PEOPLE ACTUAL--LAY PEOPLE ACTUALLY TOUCH THE HOST, IT WAS REALLY A, IT WAS A GREAT HONOR.

>> NOW WE ARE GOING START THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TODAY.

>> SOME OF MY CHILDREN GO TO MASS.

SOME DON'T.

THAT IS THEIR CHOICE AND I DON'T CRITICIZE THEM.

WHEN THEY ARE HERE, THEY KNOW I GO EVERY MORNING.

SO THAT IS IT.

I THINK I AM REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THAT TO HOLD ONTO.

WITHOUT THAT, HOI WOULD HAVE KNOTTING TO GET ME THROUGH WHEN JOHN DIED, MY YOUNG JOHN DIED, KNOWING THAT HE, HE WOULD TAKE LD CARE OF THEM.

THEY WERE GOING TO A GOOD PLACE.

UM, NOT A BETTER PLACE GOBECAUSE BE THIS IS A BETTER PLACE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.

BUT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.

HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> HAVE YOU EVER CRIED WITH A PATIENT?

>> OF COURSE.

YOU ACRY MOSTLY TOWARDS THE END, IN THE END WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THAT POINT.

AND THEN AGAIN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE AR READY TO JUST BOW OUT.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS WITH THEM, TOO.

JUST TALKING AND REMINISCING AND THEY LAUGH AND WE TAKIND OF LAUGH ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND IT IS A FACADE.

BUT HOWEVER, YOU DON'T HAVE MANY WHO DIE AT HOME.

BUT WE HAVE HAD A FEW AND THE THING IS, WE KNOW THEM ALL, WE DON'T LIKE TO CRY THERE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] OH, MY GOD, IT IS THE END.

NO WONDER WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNDER WORLD [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] GOD.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> HOW WAS CHURCH?

>> GOOD.

>> YOU LIKE THIS ONE OR NO.

>> NO, I LIKE THE OTHER BETTER.

>> WHERE IS THE OTHER STUFF?

>> OH, IT IS PROBABLY IN THE BAG.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT HERE AND HERE.

>> DO YOU GET PAID OVERTIME ON SUNDAY?

>> OH, NO, OVN IT IS THE JOY OF COMING TO DO THIS THAT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE.

>> YOU S SHOULD TAKE A PIECE OF CAKE.

>> I AM MORE CONCERNED NOW ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE OPEN, WE HAVE A JURY RIGGED TAPING HERE--A JERRY RIGGED TAPING HERE.

SEE, NOT INTO BRING IT UP AGAIN, BUT IF YOU HAD TO PULL UP, THAT WAS JUST OVER THERE.

>> OH, NO.

>> IT WOULD OHOLD EVERYTHING RIGHT WHERE HE WANTED IT.

--RIGHT WHERE WE WANTED IT.

>> PULL UP.

I AM LTELLING YOU, THAT WILL BE THE DAY.

THAT WILL BE THE DAY.

>> NURSING IS NOT ' JOB.

IT IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOU THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO BE A NURSE.

>> IT DOES NOT HURT AS MUCH AS YESTERDAY.

SO [ INAUDIBLE - URLOW VOLUME ] >> SEE THAT, THE HEALING HANDS OF THE NURSE.

IS THAT WHAT DOES IT.

>> --THAT IS WHAT DOES IT.

>> RIGHT.

RIGHT.

MARY D WAS HERE.

THEY ARE GOING TO COME AND WAIT IN LINE.

A LOT OF VISITS.

>> GO UPSTAIRS.

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE INDIANAPOLIS LOW.

>> THE IMPORTANT THINGS AND TO ND BE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING AND BABIES WHEN THEY AARE BORN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER DO.

THAT IS THE WHOLE THING.

YOU KNOW, E AND UM, I AM PROUD TO BE UNTIL WORKING.

I AM--TO BE STILL WORKING.

>> "AKq10:30 TOMORROW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU ARE AWESOME, MARY.

>> TAKE CARE.

>> THANKS, MARY.

>> I I WHEN YOU LOVE--I THINK WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, IT IS BECAUSE YOU WOULD DIE FOR THEM.

YOU WOULD DO ORANYTHING FOR THEM AND BE HAPPY TO DO IT.

>> SHE IS THE ANGEL.

SHE IS AN ANGEL OF MERCY.

SHE IS THE PERSON THAT IS THERE.

SHE IS AN ISLAND ICON AND THE ISLAND WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER.

>> HI, EVERYBODY.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME TO WANT.

AS ALWAYS,--TONIGHT.

AS ALWAYS, A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION.

BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU I COULD BE SITTING HERE BY MYSELF.

>> THE FUND IS CALLED THE MARY D FUND THBUT YOU ARE THE FUND.

WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS NOTHING.

SO IT IS UP TO YOU, YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDS, PEOPLE HERE AROUND THE ISLAND WHO REALLY NEED IT, AND IT IS PAYING [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> AFTER ME50 YEARS, THESE PEOPLE ARE THREALLY ALL I HAVE EVER R KNOWN.

YOU KNOW, I WAS YOUNG WHEN I CAM HERE.

SO, I LOVE THEM.

I DO.

AND UM, THEY WILL TELL ME THEY TH LOVE ME.

>> I LOVE HER VERY MUCH.

>> MARY IS ONE OF THE MOST TH OUTSTANDING PEOPLE HAVE I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

>> SHE HAS [ INAUDIBLE ] OF THE SOUL.

>> SHE TIS JUST A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.

>> SHE TIIS PART [ INAUDIBLE ] >> AND SHE IS LOVED BY EVERYBODY.

>> I LOVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OF BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS SHE HAS GIVEN ME EXCEPT I WILL SAY THIS, I I HAVE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] UPSTAIRS.

>> ENJOY AND THE DANCE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

ES >> I LOVE LIFE.

I LOVE OVLIFE AND I AM STICKING WITH WITH IT.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> GOOD OR BAD, I AM STICKING.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO, I AM GOING WITH MY HEELS DRAGGING.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> 116/64.

A YOUNG KID.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WELL, THAT IS ONE SIGN.

OH, THAT IS GOOD.

>> THAT MADE THREE TODAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

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