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!

Thursday, January 21, 2021

June 14 - 16, 1977 Lloyd's Birthday, Kim in Hospital

Tuesday, June 14, 1977 LAURIE AND DEBBIE

 

And last a real nice day. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. She mowed lawns. I helped her clean her house, also did some washing. Dawn didn’t come up today. In PM I did a lot of things at home. About 4:30 we Betty, Carmen, Kim, Zak and I all left, went to Dawn’s, she too came, we went to the airport. There we had supper and waited for the plane. At 7:30 PM the plane arrived and Laurie and Debbie came off the plane. We was so glad to see them. They are two very nice girls.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 15, 1977 BEEN HERE 10 YEARS TODAY, LLOYD’S 76th birthday

 

This is been a beautiful day. I done a big wash, some of Chet’s clothes too. I also did an ironing. In PM we got ready and went to South Paris to help Lloyd celebrates his birthday, 76. He is a very sick man at Andrews Nursing Home. Pat, Fern, Es, Betty, Susan, Debbie, Laurie, Kimberly, Chris, Monica and I all went. He had a lot of cards and gifts of candy etc. Kim didn’t feel very good. In evening Betty came up and Bill, Billie, she and I looked Chet’s things over downstairs. Bill got bus most done. A beautiful day.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 16, 1977 KIM TO THE NCM Hospital, a quite nice day

 

I did a big big wash. It was all of Chet’s clothes which fit Bill and Billie. Today Kim has been up here all day sick in bed. Betty was down to Dawn’s to help her mowed lawns. They came home at noon. Kim seemed a dite better. But she began to grow worse. I called Betty. (She and Dawn were working in the garden) and she called the Dr. and Herman answered. He said to bring her right down to the hospital and the soon as he examined her he admitted her. She is very very sick. Asthmatic bronchitis, possibly pneumonia. Bill finished the bus. He done a very good job.

 

 

 

 

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