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, December 12, 2017

October 15 - 18, 1965 Carmen Home From Hospital



Friday, October 15, 1965 Carmen came home

A rainy day. Carmen came home from the hospital today. She is much thinner and eyes look bad. We are so pleased to see her home. I wrote Dorothea a letter also a note to Lila. I cleaned up my apartment. It is good to have Mike home. He, Betty and Carmen together. Betty has wanted it and I knew it. She didn’t complain though.



Saturday, October 16, 1965 Steer went

A nice day. Carmen a little stronger. Betty and Mike to town. Lawrence came for the steer. Billie gone down country, Berwick, with Lawrence. Betty and Mike are happy together.



 Sunday, October 17, 1965 Mike gone


Well, I nice day weatherwise the Betty and Mike? Mike went back to Auburn to work he says, Betty not too happy about it. I hope nothing will happen.



Monday, October 18, 1965

A very nice hot day. I did my wash. In p.m., Betty, Carmen and I all went for a nice pretty ride with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Came home, got our clothes in. Got supper. Billie working for Lawrence for two weeks. Carmen gaining. We are quite worried and upset about Mike. I hope he does well and comes back.




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