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, August 28, 2019

April 26 - 28, 1972






Wednesday, April 26, 1972 Betty and Dorothea into see Kimmy today, a very sick girl

Another nice day. Betty up early and to Portland to see Kimberly. Dorothea went in with her. She was more comfortable. The doctors had taken out more of the tubes. She was still very sore and in pain which they gave her (?) hypos for that. Betty and Dorothea said she improved a lot since yesterday. It nearly floored them and Walt when they saw her immediately after her operation. She had tubes all over her body, white, laying flat on her back and in much pain. We are also worried about her. Esther stayed with Zak. I did my windows inside and out, went to town, then down to Betty’s to stay with Esther til Betty came home. Walt went to see Kim after work. She had been sleeping for about three hours but much more rested and seemed quite cheerful he said.



Thursday, April 27, 1972 I saw Kim today, brand-new VOLKSWAGEN

A nice day. Clear and sunny this morning, on the cool side until after the sun got going. Bill and I went to Portland with Betty to see Kimberly, the first time since the operation. She was doing okay. She wasn’t very talkative. On the lonesome inside. Tonight they took the electric buttons off her and took her back downstairs where she seemed more content. Dorothea had gone in this evening to see her and called Betty and told her. Walt got a brand-new Volkswagen today, a reddish. Carmen stopped off at Beth Doucette’s to play after school. Bill acted better today. He has been so upset and worried. It was hard for us all.



Friday, April 28, 1972

Pretty nice day. I took care of Zak while Betty went down to see Kim, also Dorothea went in to see her. She is feeling better Betty said, more contented back on the second floor. She has a phone, TV and private bathroom. I done some work for Betty today while I was down there. When Betty got home she took me to town. Zak is gaining it seems all the time.



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