My precious 99-year old aunt Betty Stierwalt wrote me before I went in for knee replacement surgery.  Actually, her sore left leg wrote my damaged right knee a letter filled with encouragement and advice.  She insists that she’s going to live until she dies.  That, my friends, is profound advice. 

Thank you for all your notes of encouragement and advice, too.  It is comforting to know that I’m one of many and that I will come out of this stronger!