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, September 8, 2015

June 20 - 23, 1956



Wednesday, June 20, 1956

A nice day. I cleaned up the house and cooked. Today we get our first letter from Dorothea in 19 days. I felt so much better. She was okay just hadn’t written. Mama had Dr. Skilling’s today. Fern brought Es and Susan up today from her house.



Thursday, June 21, 1956

A small shower in a.m. Bill came back home. Esther up to Aunt Ava’s for the day. Susan here with Betty. I washed and cleaned up the house.



Friday, June 22, 1956

Es, kids and I to town in a.m., did some shopping. A very nice day. In p.m. Es and Mama took kids over swimming. I ironed.

Joy, Susan and Betty



Saturday, June 23, 1956

A nice day. Did some cooking. Milan came about noon. To town in evening. Got a card from Dorothea. Milan took kids swimming. Joy and friend called in evening.


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