A Really Hard Sunday

Even though it was Seminary Graduation day in Church it was a hard day. When I first got there I heard the news that Jane Marino's Husband had passed away suddenly on Sat. Frank Marino was not a member of the church but was a very good man. I felt really bad for Jane because just a week ago her daughter Vicki Cook had major surgery and we were all praying and worrying for Vicki. And my friend Tammi Torpey had just gone throught surgery for a serious infection in her ear. Then her mother Diane Browne just found out she has Thyroid Cancer and will be getting surgery this week. Another young man at church is recovering from intestinal surgery, he has serious Crohn's disease. There is so much suffering going on right now and the way the economy is and the weather with all the tornados it get's pretty overwhelming at times. I started reading the Book of Mormon again hoping that will easy my discomfort. On the brighter side I do have my health. I have an interesting job. A very comfortable house and plenty of food so I really can't complain.
I marvel every day at the birds, squirrels, chipmunks and other animals that live around my house. They are always busy and seem happy. I don't have the hummingbirds any more. I don't know what happened to them. They don't come to the feeder any more. I really liked to watch them.
I tried to make Puerto Rican Rice and Beans the other day. Ian really likes Spanish food. I bought this stuff called Sofrito and it gave everything a good taste but he said it wasn't quite right. So I asked my friend Iris if she would give me her recipe. We are hopefully going to get together on Tuesday. We are both off from work that day.