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, February 21, 2025

June 24 - 27, 1992 Baby Cameron Comes Home

 

Wednesday, June 24, 1992

 

Betty and Bro over to see mom and Cameron today. Carmen still has pain. Zack in to see Carmen and Cameron tonight. Also Walt. I didn’t do much today.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 25, 1992

 

I didn’t do much. I did a wash. A few odd jobs. Watched shows in p.m. Carmen called tonight on the phone. I heard Cameron. They were in SM hospital. Dorothea came to get supper, it was very good. Betty was the one who got the supper. Very good as usual. A quite mixed up. She had a lot of nice flowers. Tom, Kim, Betty S, Walt, Zack, Brogan all there to see her today.

 

 

 

Friday, June 26, 1992

 

A coolish day. Sun came out in early p.m. I got ready and went to Norway to Stephens Memorial Hospital to see Carmen and her son Cameron. It was so good to see him and her. Carmen was quite good. Brogan went, she loves her baby brother. Betty had to go to her doctor for her back when she got home. Dorothea came and got the supper. A good one. I took a bath.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 27, 1992

 

 Cloudy most all day. Well today Carmen returned home from Stephens Memorial Hospital with her son Cameron Alexander Crook Horton. He was born at 3:25 PM on June 23. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. A perfect shaped child, dark hair and dark eyes. He has come to live with his sister Brogan Alyssa Horton age 5 years. I was up there when he arrived. Arnold and Nick brought them home. Tom and Kim out on their vacation, played golf today. They are enjoying themselves very much.

 




 

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