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!

Saturday, May 4, 2024

July 24 - 27, 1989 Nanny Admitted to NCMH

 

Monday, July 24, 1989

 

I did the washing, also my ironing. Kim came up, she did some washing also.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 25, 1989

 

A nice day. I been puttering around. Billie and Jason started on the fence. Billie and I over to Carter’s in Oxford. A very nice day. It was quite a nice day.

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 26, 1989

 

It became hot today, extremely. Billie and Jason worked on Betty’s fence. I did regular work, washed a few things. Different ones call today. Everyone been very busy.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 27, 1989 RED HOT

 

This has been a wicked hot day. I was in the hospital. It was nice there as it was air-conditioned. I was quite sick all day until late PM. Billie has mowed lawns. Dorothea, Billie, Carmen, Susan, Betty, Kim and Zak all called to see me. They had bad showers in Portland

 

 


 

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