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, September 3, 2019

May 14 - 16, 1972


Sunday, May 14, 1972 Kim back to MMC

A very mild day. Clouded up in PM. I done regular work. Dorothea and family came up. It being Mother’s Day. I got a nice plant from Billie, Dorothea and Betty. Money from Billie and Betty. We had a cookout at Betty and Walt’s, very good. Lloyd and Fern out for dinner. Dot went with them. A call from Ruth Hatch, Joy is coming along good. Kimmy not too good, sick to her stomach, same as yesterday. Betty called her doctor. He asked Betty to bring her into emergency at MM Center. It is a condition caused from the shocking experience she went through. Set out DAHLIAS and plants today etc.



Monday, May 15, 1972 Rain, Bill didn’t work all day

A rainy miserable day. I went down to Betty’s a little while. Billie and I cleaned the cellar. Betty took me to the bank. We called to see Arnold Lane. In evening I called at Betty and Walt’s. Esther was there.



Tuesday, May 16, 1972 Rain

Moderate to heavy rain. Bill worked this morning. I went down to Betty’s a little while. I done regular work. Made a pie. Also made a beef soup for supper.



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