Sunday, March 21, 1926
Albert stayed at home from Sunday school today. He felt bum from his cold and his eyes still looked so red.
(I hope Albert isn't going to be as sick as he was last spring, when it seemed like he was sick for weeks and weeks. Mom said when Albert was so sick, her grandfather, the physician, read all he could about what might have been wrong with him to figure out what to do for him. I'm sure they were all quite worried then. Even those reading the diary entries last spring left a few comments wanting to know if Albert lived through it. In just a few words, Grandma was able to convey her own worries about Albert's health to people reading those words 81 years later.
Albert did live through it all, by the way.)
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I wonder if Albert's illnesses could have actually been allergies? Back then I don't think they would have considered that possibility. Interesting thought.
ReplyDeleteEverytime Ruth uses the phrase 'felt bum', it just gets to me - my grandmother used the same slang term. She was about 10 years older than Ruth.
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