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!

Monday, March 24, 2025

October 16 - 18, 1992 Brogan's 6th Birthday

 

Friday, October 16, 1992

 

A plain rainy day. Carmen and Cameron called today. I didn’t do much. I got the two subscriptions sent today for Country and Farm and Ranch. Carmen called in here today on her way home from work. Haven’t seen or heard from Betty all day. She is busy doing her outside work. Dorothea called to get the supper, she had a good one. Done up the work.

 

 


 

Saturday, October 17, 1992

 

At last a nice sunny day, but on the windy side and cool. David down for coffee. Dorothea came and done a big day’s work. Swept, dusted, washed some windows and the floors. Also did Billie’s paperwork and helped him to get cleaned up. I got all papers read. Brogan Alyssa Horton Willete’s six birthday. She had some of her classmates up for a party.

 




 

 

 

 

Sunday, October 18, 1992

 

A quite cool day. I done up the work, and got ready to go to a family party at Carmen’s to honor Brogan Alyssa Horton Willette on her sixth birthday. Betty (Gramma) Walt (grandpa) Aunt and Uncle Dorothea and David, Aunt Kim, Uncle Tom, Arnold, her mom Carmen, Zena, Aunt Betty, her brother Cameron. Her guest names. She got a lot of nice useful gifts, nice cake made by Aunt Kim and ice cream. Betty’s brother Henry Cox died today.

 

 

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