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, March 6, 2025

August 10 - 13, 1992 Cliff to Rehab

 

Monday, August 10, 1992

 

We did the washing today. Done up regular work. Esther down to the hospital. She got the supper. Everyone is worried and shook up about Cliff. Esther don’t know what to do or which way to turn. She has got a lot of decisions to make. It was cloudy until late this forenoon.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 11, 1992

 

It was foggy when we got up but it cleared away and was very hot most of the day. They went to the hospital to see the doctor about Cliff. He has just the same, no improvement at all.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 12, 1992

 

Cliff was transferred to the rehab hospital in Portland today. For how long no one knows. I feel very sorry for him. Esther, Dorothea and Billie are the ones who went with him. He went in the ambulance. I have the young one while his mother did the shopping. Carmen working tonight for the first time since before the baby was born.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 13, 1992

 

A partly cloudy day, some sun in forenoon. Done up work and I washed. Dorothea to Portland to take Betty down for her eye operation. Took Esther to see Cliff. He isn’t at all good. He is in serious shape. Can’t swallow or eat. Very helpless. Billie D went with them. Betty came through her eye operation very well. I’ll be glad when it is healed up and I hope she will be okay. Carmen, Betty and Brogan here all p.m. This morning about 6:45 Arnold brought Cameron up here to stay until Carmen came and got him. Walt and Betty’s lift for home today. (?).

 

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