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!

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

January 25 - 28, 1963



Friday, January 25, 1963

Cold, very cold. Betty still very uncomfortable. We ironed. Dorothea cleaned up the house. Jeff has been full of it today. In evening Betty and Mike gone to doctors in evening. I called at Ferns. Mike and Betty both look so nice all dressed up tonight. Mike and Betty are so happy.



Saturday, January 26, 1963 Billie Deming’s Birthday

Five below this (morning). I cooked. Dorothea cleaned up the house. Betty still having pain. Blanche over here today. Dorothea and I to town and Jeff in PM. Fern up for supper. Betty began her pains real good after supper. Mike and Betty are so happy being together and the baby.



Sunday, January 27, 1963 snow

Bill called out early this morning. Early this morning we took Betty to the hospital. It was about 2 AM. Make stayed with her all night. Dorothea and I washed. Kennie and Dot called. Dorothea and I down to the hospital about six. No baby. We came home. Fern and Lloyd came up and stayed while we were gone. Billie brought home some nice ham.



Monday, January 28, 1963

We done up the work, got the clothes in. It seemed good to Mike to be home. We are also glad. He stayed at the hospital with Betty. In evening Betty came home. No baby.

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