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!

Sunday, October 28, 2018

February 18 - 20, 1969 Kimberly A Horton


Tuesday, February 18, 1969 mild temperature

A nice sunny day. I ironed, done up my work. I talked with Betty. Tonight Billie was down to Dorothea’s for supper. He brought Jeff home for a couple of days. Mild temperatures.



Wednesday, February 19, 1969 mild temperatures

Mild temperatures but it rained and some light snow flurries. Jeff looked at some pictures, played with his matchboxes. I done regular work. We had a T-bone steak supper. Jeff liked it very much. Mrs. Nemei called flower money for Jack(?) Laffin.



Thursday, February 20, 1969 KIMBERLY A HORTON

Mild 30 and 40°. It was cloudy in a.m. but it cleared off and it was a nice clear sunny and mild. The snow settled some. Jeff and Randy played together today. Jeff packed up and went home tonight. Bill and I took him home. Dorothea looked tired.

Today Betty took Kim to the hospital for a checkup. The doctors examined her, took (?)list and x-rays, was working on her for close to three hours. She is not in satisfactory condition. They decided to operate on her as soon as possible. Open HEART Surgery. We are all quite concerned tonight. They will let them know in about a month or less.

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