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!

Monday, November 28, 2022

May 11 -13, 1984 Poppa Really Sick!

 

Friday, May 11, 1984 Bill home, Bill to hospital

 

A quite nice day. I did the washing. Washed windows, swept and dusted. We got a call about 12:30, Bill could come home. Betty went and got him. He was very weak and pale. He didn’t do much, was pleased to get home. Gone six days. He seemed quite good, he was lying down most of PM. We had supper about 5:30. He didn’t quite finish. He came in, watched the news. After a while he went out to the kitchen to smoke, went to bathroom, got kind of sick to his stomach. He went to bed and there got very sick and vomited up pure blood hemorrhaged. It was awful. He was very weak. Dorothea happened to call and she got the emergency at hospital. They said to bring him right in. She, Betty and I took him. Billie up to stay with Fern. He was very sick, he was put into INTENSIVE CARE.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 12, 1984

 

A very heavy steady rain all day. No let up until about 6 PM. David here most all day and talked. I done regular work, made rolls, took bath. Down to hospital in PM. Bill looked bad, the bleeding had stopped. He still had the tube through his nose and in intensive care. I came home, got supper to going. Walt, Betty and family all out together to Lewiston for supper. Carmen went. She rested all day. Fern hired a woman to come work for her today.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 13, 1984 MOWED LAWN FIRST TIME

 

 

 

A quite nice day. It was clear when we got up and not too cool. It clouded up again then in PM more sunshine. Joy called this morning. Carmen called and brought me a beautiful flower bouquet and a nice Mother’s Day card. Dorothea gave me a beautiful bouquet or basket of mixed flowers, card and $25 in money. Billie $20. Betty, Walt, Kim and Zak. Billie mowed lawn first time with the new mower. Betty, Walt and kids all up to camp today for first time. Carmen and Kim gone up to Hinkley school, Carmen looking for work.

 

 

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