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, December 19, 2024

November 6 - 9, 1991

 

Wednesday, November 6, 1991

 

I done regular work. Brogan went to school then she came here for the p.m. Carmen and Betty came home tonight from school. Now they are planning to go to school every day for two weeks. Will come home nights. I hope it won’t be too much for her. I’m worried about her. Fern is having bad spells lately.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 7, 1991

 

Carmen called today. She had to go to work this p.m. She had to work at the hospital. I got the supper.

 

 

 

Friday, November 8, 1991

 

Tonight Carmen finished working for me. She came and did the changing of the beds, swept and dusted. Came and got the good supper. It will be the last one for us. She got such good meals. Dorothea called late this evening. Betty up to camp tonight. Carmen worked from 12 to 3:30 PM at the hospital. Betty got our suppers.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 9, 1991

 

A quite nice day. Some sun and hazy. David came for coffee. Carmen and Brogan called. Carmen had to work again. I didn’t do much today.

 

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