Thoughts and stories, by Pal

 I haven't posted very often lately.  Part of the reason is that I thought I could come up with thoughts and stories on my own, and didn't just want to copy other people's writings. Also, one reason has been the effect that Covid has had on all of us!  I had a hip replacement on February 8th this year.  I had the first Covid shot 6 days before, on February 2nd, and I believe that saved my life!  Because a daughter who came to help me came down with Covid 2 days later.  So in the 2nd week of recovering and healing from a hip replacement surgery, I got a case of Covid also!  I believe that first vaccine saved my life, and made me not have it as bad!   Anyway, I have decided that I will offer you great thoughts as I read them from various places, and I will always give the credit to whomever wrote them, and where I got them.  Also I'll try to write more of my own thoughts.  At age 86 1/2 +, I think a lot about life, and what I've learned, and I don't know if it wou