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, August 28, 2023

January 16 - 19, 1987


 

 

Friday, January 16, 1987

 

Betty is better. She is doing okay. We are all very much relieved. She called me on the phone today. She sounded weak but in good spirits. She got very pretty flowers from Eddie and Kim, the family and Brogan, Tom and Charlene. Walt, Carmen, Dennis, Brogan, Dorothea, Milan, Sandra Smith and Nona and Charlene all visited with her today. Walt talked with Zack last night, he is coming home after the exams. He was surprised to hear about his mother. Betty Smith has a headache today. Walt up for supper. Carmen, Dennis, Brogan and Milan called today. This has been a spring like day.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 17, 1987 Betty is doing well

 

This is been a very nice spring like day. It was very cold when we got up this morning. Five below. It soon warmed up. I got my work done up, washed kitchen floor etc. Baked beans. David here this morning, brought Billie’s grain. I got lunch, got ready to go to the hospital to see Betty. She looked quite well, a dite on the pale side. She was under sedation. She was so glad she was getting on to recovery. She is very sore. Walt was here when Milan, Betty and I got there. Carmen came in with Brogan. She was going to take her down to Linda Morrison to babysit. But Walt took her home with him and Linda was to pick her up at four and take her home and stay with her till Dennis came from work. Reason Walt kept her because her kids had strep throat. Kim and Eddie came to see Betty late this PM. Also called here, at Walt’s too. Kim looked very nice. We called to see Fern today.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 18, 1987

 

Cloudy. I wrote letters to Zack and Esther. It is cloudy. John McEnerney called at Walt’s today. I didn’t do much. A long day with Betty gone.

 

 

 

Monday, January 19, 1987

 

I went down to the hospital with Milan and Betty to see Betty H. She was pretty good, heavily sedated. Walt was there. This was a holiday observing Martin Luther King. I did the washing, made a Jell-O etc. Dorothea called tonight on her way home from the exercise class. She went to see Betty.

 

 

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