But I Wasn't A Bit Afraid

Our friends paid us another visit today but I wasn't a bit afraid.  We were in the dung at the tennis court and felt quite safe.  Their aim today was the new air field and we heard a couple 500 pounders were dropped.  We're going to get a new cook in about a month.  - Annette, June 1941

The 'friends' she mentions are Japanese (enemy) airplanes.  A small cave near their house provided shelter for most air raids, but there were other safe spaces around the campus where they lived.  Annette had been in China just a few months, and already she was accustomed to planes dropping bombs overhead.  Her diary entry for the day - bombs were dropped, but I wasn't scared.  Other important news?  A new cook!  Food was an important part of their work in China.  Annette kept recipes and records of meals, and wrote often about food she prepared, both with a cook's help and on her own.  Food is comfort.  How often do we use food to temper the stressful, or scary, times in our lives?