The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

March 26 - 31, 1955 Mama Home From Hospital



Saturday, March 26, 1955

Cloudy and snowed most all day. Went to town in p.m.



Sunday, March 27, 1955

Cold and windy. Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava and I went to Portland to see Mama. She was much better. Very cold all night. Bill worked.



Monday, March 28, 1955

Nice clear day. I have washed, written letters. Sent Mama’s bathrobe. Got a call from Eye and Ear Hospital, Mama can come home tomorrow.



Tuesday, March 29, 1955

A nice warm day, kind of windy. Fern, Lloyd and I went to the hospital for Mama. She was quite pleased to get home but was very tired and weak from the ride. Her eye isn’t too good. Got to go back two weeks from today.



Wednesday, March 30, 1955

Very nice day. I cooked, churned and worked all day. Kennard, Aunt Ava, Fern, Uncle Os, Kennie, Dot, Blanche and Joy called. Mama got quite tired.



Thursday, March 31, 1955

Another nice day. Mama sat up today for a little while.
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