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, September 1, 2025

June 7 - 12, 1994

 

Tuesday, June 7, 1994

 

On the real cool side. I feel a lot better. I got bushed yesterday. Well I had a new nurse come and gave me my works this morning. Dorothea went home this morning. She took Betty Smith to town. Esther came this p.m. early. She will be here while Carmen is gone.

 



 

 

Wednesday, June 8, 1994 Betty wrote this

 

Betty Milne arrived from Scotland for three weeks

 


 

 

Thursday, June 9, 1994

 

(Blank)

 

 

 

Friday, June 10, 1994

 

A nice day except kind of windy. I rested this p.m. I watched TV in p.m.

 

Saturday, June 11, 1994

 

a mild day. I got up early. Was out on the porch this a.m., came in, had lunch. Betty and Betty came up. Brogan tried on her wedding dress. Dorothea went home this a.m. and rested and got ready to go to Jason’s graduation. Jason Paul Thompson. Carmen made rolls and baked beans for supper. They were so good. A lot of the family members were here.

 


 

 

Sunday, June 12, 1994

 

Well Joy and Kathy were here early and called this morning. I went in and had a nights sleep and it got me all balled up for most of the day. Today Betty H and Betty M put the toy box together.