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!

Friday, September 20, 2024

December 14 - 16, 1990

 

Friday, December 14, 1990

 

I finally got the Christmas cards off. Carmen here today and did the cleaning. Did wrapping etc. Been busy all day. Walt to Rhode Island to see his brother, when he comes tomorrow, he will bring Billie. Betty here at supper and Zak too. Dorothea called in evening. This Christmas tree is very pretty. I wrote a letter to Esther.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 15, 1990 BILLIE HOME

 

Sunny when we got up, but it got cloudy. Warmer. When Walt came home from Rhode Island where he’d been visiting his brother Ray, who had had a bad accident, he has a bad hand because of the accident. He got knocked down by a couple of dogs. Walt stopped at the hospital where Billie is a patient, Portland rehabilitation center, where he is getting his therapy. In afternoon it got cloudy and it came in snowing and we got a bad storm. They called Billie to tell him not to try to come back to the hospital tonight. Dorothea, David, Walt, Betty, Carmen, Zack and Brogan all here to see him in p.m.

 

 


 

 

Sunday, December 16, 1990

 

Billie back to the hospital. Walt took him. It was a bad storm, rain and snow. He left about 11 AM, didn’t get home till 2 PM. Billie hated to go back. A big improvement since Thanksgiving when he was here on leave. Be glad when he will be okay and can come home for good.

 

 

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