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.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Friday, February 19, 1926

Friday, February 19, 1926
Fair and cold

As I write I sit with my feet in hot water. My injured toe stays about the same. The flesh soreness has left but the joint hurts constantly and is painful when I walk.

(I'm still curious why Grandma didn't write in her diary nearly all of last week, and made no mention of why she hadn't. She just starts writing again, and then this week, she's written every day, in spite of her toe injury.)