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, April 4, 2017

January 21 - 24, 1963 Mike Home On Leave


Monday, January 21, 1963 MIKE LETTER

It turned very cold today. Washed in PM. Dorothea and I to town in p.m. Betty got a letter from Mike today. It was a letter of???? Betty to the doctors. He gave her good advice.He is going to get Mike home to be with Betty when the baby comes. She felt better when she came home. Letter from Mike.



Tuesday, January 22, 1963

Cold. Betty, Dawn and I to Portland to do some business for Betty towards getting Mike home on a emergency leave. Also we are trying to get him transferred to this East Coast. We are expecting him to come home last of the week. Dr. Richards called up that Mike will arrive in Boston Logan airport at 10:40 tomorrow morning. We are also happy about this. Betty is just overjoyed.



Wednesday, January 23, 1963 MIKE CAME

Dorothea, Jeffrey and I with Barbara went to Logan Airport to meet Mike. He was flown there by A.M.R.C. Emergency leave. With Betty in such a upset condition about not hearing from Mike, the doctor thought it best to come home. They was so pleased to see each other. They seem to have melted in each other’s arms. We were so glad to see him. Is snowed in the morning when we left. Then cleared. We had a very nice day. All bare in Boston, no snow.



Thursday, January 24, 1963

Cold. We are all so glad that Mike is home. And Betty is right out of this world. She is so pleased. I churned, made donuts from Mike. It don’t seem possible Mike is home. We are glad.
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