Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Thursday, October 15, 1925

Thursday, October 15, 1925
Cloudy

My first day up. Ate breakfast in bed and got up while the boys were all gone and Ned asleep and such a surprised look on their faces when they saw me up! They all seemed so glad. Bless their hearts. I felt fine and didn’t even have pins in my feet when I got up.

(I guess new mothers did stay in bed for 10 days “back then”, as this was the 10th day since Marjorie was born. And just like that, Grandma is up and moving again.

I am sure the boys were wondering when life would get back to normal.)

3 comments:

Anonymous10:16 AM, October 15, 2006
I guess it's time to get back to work for Mother. One more baby to go for the Smith family.
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Anonymous5:19 AM, October 16, 2006
Wouldn't that be nice to be able to stay in bed for 10 days and read, watch TV? Of course they didn't have tv then. My husband had me out walking the block when my daughter was 2 days old! I don't remember being able to take any sort of break with the others either.
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Anonymous5:23 AM, October 16, 2006
I wonder if they were allowed up to go use the restroom?
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