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From Netiva

My very good friend Sheila, to whom I can tell anything, my deepest secrets and trust you will be there for me if I ever need you:

You are a rock, as small and as fragile as you may look, you're strong inside and out.  You're a person one can depend on for support and for love. You are my partner on my walks in nature, rain or shine. I treasure your friendship and hope you will share my paths in the future. 

Best wishes Sheila on your 60th birthday, for happiness and health. 

Welcome to the club. The best of life is ahead :)

Yours truly 

Netiva   

נתיבה

From Jonny

DETROIT FULL MOON

That was what we saw from the back seat where Sheila was sitting.  Flat against the window.  On a road trip caravan to Detroit.  A (then) big white tush on the glass.

Love you Aunt Sheila!!!!!   Love your wild side!

Xoxo

Nephew Jonny

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She claims I am her longest friend

Home Village now & way back when

A favorite HOT nitetime activity

Greg's clue

Known among her friends

Jerry's clue

Health advice

BBQ deeeelight & deeeelicious!

Was a favorite color

Eco-friendly

Danced the nite away, well at least until curfew, 1960's

2011 minus 1951

Forever _____________

Professional world

Place we first met

Childhood dog

If it has a beat, she'll become this

The bigger the better

Kitty, (RIP)

Our lives have been much more interesting and rewarding,

with Sheila being a piece of the puzzle.

Happy 60th Birthday dear girlfriend!

Love, Roberta & Greg

From Becky Sherman

Dear Sheila,

     I wish you a very happy 60th birthday!  I hope that you are celebrating in style; knowing the folks you tend to surround yourself with, I'm pretty sure that I can count on it!  Although Mari and I have definitely grown up throughout the years, I'm pretty sure you have stayed timeless.   You always were and still are a person that I look up to and admire.  After all, our relationship started when I was the little girl with a big appetite, coming over to decimate your "junk drawer," in awe of all the health food products your house contained.  (Who knew a 10 year old would prefer Kashi to fruit loops?)

Throughout high school, you definitely helped me keep my sanity by always providing a warm, welcoming place for me to seek harbor and I can assure you that you are the only friend's mom who I called "just to say hi" after leaving for college.  And now that Mari and I are "adults" (riiiiiiiight, have you met us?), I can still come home and take refuge at your place, eating wings on New Year's day and hanging out with one of the most awesome, amazing women I know.  I only hope to follow in your footsteps and keep on rocking out no matter what age I am.  I wish you the best and can't wait to regale you with stories of my Alaska adventures next time I'm home and sprawled out on your couch.

All my best,
Becky

From Ann

Oh dear Sheila.....

8 years ago when we first met you, you said, "Finally a family that understands ours"...Two very beautiful people have brought two amazing families together......Liss/Gallucci Rocks.

On your 60th may you be blessed with continued good health, the love of family & the joy of good friends.

We love you She She......Ann

From Cousin Joyce

A memory of you, on your 60th birthday:

My father, your uncle Abby, was visiting your grandmother Libby.  I think you was about 3 years old at the time and had just finished taking a bath.  With all of the enthusiasm that you are known for, you came skipping into the living room, naked as a jaybird, and said to your mother and for all others to hear, "Look Ma, no shoes!"

Cracks me up everytime I think of the story.

Happy happy birthday, Sheila!!

Much love to you and all,
Joyce

From Natalie and Phil

The Levin family has very fond memories of our children growing up with the Meyer family in West Rogers Park.  Having dinners together, playing at Indian Boundary Park, watching our girls playing in the sprinkler....and you always included us with her family and extended family for BBQ's and potlucks. You are the hostess supreme and think nothing of having 50 people over to your house for a party.  You have been a kind, caring and supportive friend since knowing you for over 20 years.  You have had many struggles especially raising her children and having to support them.  Through your ups and downs you maintained your strength and good work ethic along with maintaining friendships and keeping your family circle close.   Phil and I feel like a part of your family and always will.  You are a woman of valor and perseverance and we admire and love you very much.  We wish a very Happy and Healthy 60th Birthday to our dear friend--you've never looked better!  You go Girl!

~Natalie and Phil

From Zena

Dear Sheila,

Happy Birthday to a dear friend.  I am so glad we have reached this year together after so many years of friendship.  Twenty five years ago you stopped by a picnic at a park in West Rogers Park and we discovered we were about to be neighbors.  For years we were neighbors which allowed our friendship to grow.  I am so thankful for that time we lived next door to each other.  Eventually you followed your dream to own a split level in Skokie and moved away.  Fortunately for me our friendship continued.  We have shared many ups and downs in our life: the excitement of raising talented children, the frustration of marriages gone awry, the loneliness of being a single mom and of course the fun of traveling together.  You are a wonderful confidant and I am always so grateful that you are able to hear my story.  In the course of our friendship, you have taught me a wealth of things.  If it wasn't for you I would not be blogging for the first time ever.  I hope that my friendship brings you as much pleasure as yours does to my life.  I hope that the decades to follow will bring you great joy.  I look forward to sharing many more joyful times together.  Happy Birthday, my friend.

Love,

Zena

From Linda and Bruce

Forty is the old age of youth; sixty is the youth of old age. -- French proverb

Happiness is good health and a bad memory. -- Ingrid Bergman

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. -- English Proverb

It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen. -- Brigitte Bardot

After a man passes sixty, his mischief is mainly in his head. ~ Washington Irving

Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty. ~ Ellen Glasgow

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it.-- Golda Meir

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy. ~ Dorothy Thompson

No wise man ever wished to be younger. ~ Jonathan Swift

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. ~ George Chapman

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. -- Lucille ball

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. -- Jack Benny

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -- Bernard M. Baruch

Birthdays are good for you; the more you have the longer you live!  --  Unknown

If you want to be happy, be. -- Henry David Thorreau

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. -- Mark Twain

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at eighty. -- Dorothy Thompson

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -- Maurice Chevalier

What’s one more candle?

It is difficult to put more than two decades of friendship into a few words, but let us give it a try.

You are:

Special from the start!

Health conscious and honest with a warm welcoming heart.

Excel in all your efforts in which you enrich us all.

Interest in helping others and let’s not forget your many insurance ideas.

Love of life and lots of laughter.

Active and adventurous.

 Simply, you are the best!

We are so glad to celebrate this milestone with you.

Wishing you many more,

~Linda and Bruce

From Gina and Ed

From Sandi and Jerry

Sheila:

 

60?!  No way!

 

I believe we've known you at the very least...since even before you turned 50 and even then I thought you were 40...so young to have a kid in college!!!

What a bonus....not only to know Danny lo these many years......but to have our own relationship with his classy, cah-razee Chicago mahm (oy that accent).

 

We especially love and look forward to the NYC visits with Henny Youngman (aka Arnold), Marissa and Carm.

 

Becco lives..(just not with us anymore).

And now...with Mari....in Philly...we've got the whole gang covered!

 

Thanks for letting Jerry, Seth and I (Matt's a whole other story) be part of your lives.

 

Get the guest room ready...we'll be paying a visit....maybe even before you turn 61!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY....

 

Love,

Sandi and Jerry

From Marcia and Joe

You may have passed sour seventeen, but you’re still Sweet Sheesh to us.  Happy Birthday to our kinetic, fun-loving, driven, expansive, all-encompassing, generous and forward-moving sister.

We love you and wish you decades more of healthy, happy years.

~Joey and Marcia

 

From Janet

My dear friend for life, Sheila,

 

I have 45 years of pictures of you along with all the girls, Nicki, Roberta and Laurie. After receiving an email requesting a poem, story, picture, memory, etc, etc of how you have touched our lives, immediately I thought of a picture being the only one that has taken pics of us girls from the start of our friendship. 

 

Sheila, I started to cry!!! All the wonderful times we have shared starting in high school till our recent cruise. It was overwhelming. I decided to just go to my closet and pull out one of my 12 albums and the first pic of you and I in that album I would attach to this blog.

 

PICTURE- We went to Arlington Heights Race track for lunch and bet on the horses in our 30's. So much fun.

 

You look beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It was only fitting that this one was chosen for it was in the middle of our long term friendship for life.

Sheila, A Big Happy Birthday.

 

Much Love,

Janet 

 

 

From Shuli

I met you about 10 years ago through our mutual friend, Netiva. And we instantly connected and took a liking to each other. Moreover, we had something very powerful in common: We were both looking for a mate!

That really bonded us and for a couple of years we went men hunting together every weekend. We tried everything: dancing, parties, JDate, lectures, you name it. It was fun mainly because we were not alone.

We went dancing in the suburbs...I can still see your free spirit dancing to the beat of the music by herself, went on dates and even if there were no eligible men around, we did not feel so bad since we liked being together, laughing, talking or just enjoying a glass of Martini and wine. And finally you got lucky and started dating Rick seriously. But alas, that did not last more than a year and a half. And after that long break, we never went back to our initial spree of MEN HUNTING. I guess we became wiser. 

Or maybe just resigned to being single... and actually quite enjoyed it.... until one day a friend of mine introduced me to Tom and 8 months later Netiva introduced a guy to you who hooked you up with Arnold. So for the past 5 years or so we both found our mates.

In short our Men Hunting adventures have brought us very close and our friendship has flourished. I have learned so much from you in the field of nutrition, health and your general wisdom about life. As you know I love you, your kids, your sister, your Mom and your whole family. I feel like I have become part of your family especially on holidays! And there is nothing better than celebrating our birthdays together, which are two days apart, over a meal and sharing our lives experiences.

Happy Birthday Sheila. Keep up the good work! 

And I can't wait to celebrating our BIRTHDAYS together on this very special year!  

Love and XXX

Shuli Eshel

From "Edwardo"

To my ittle sister...

 

Please know that you have always been very special to me. There's something about having strangers coming up to me on the street asking me if I am Sheila Liss' brother that creates a unique bond between us. And you look SO GREAT now that I really feel privelegd to share whatever resemblances we may have. I love you, and you're the best little sister a guy could ever have.

 

Have fun at the pah-tay,

 

Eddie

From Jane and David

We dated for a few months but after deciding we weren’t a couple, remained friends, offering support and counsel to one another throughout our respective romantic escapades. When Rick began seeing and speaking of you it was apparent you were in a league separate from the others:  A successful and independent businesswoman who was not only smart, pretty and classy, but family-oriented and health-conscious with a richly full life. You sounded wonderful and I wanted to meet you. Rick and I planned a double date and on a cold Saturday evening Rick arrived with his new leading lady. You walked in like a breath of fresh air. Hip and sexy in your tight black jeans and sparkly black shirt, with a winning smile and that effervescent warmth that is oh-so-Sheila.

We headed to a restaurant in Chinatown, with you and I dominating the conversation along the way. When Rick ordered his traditional “Surprise me,” David wore a look of puzzled astonishment as you and I exchanged the type of knowing glance that is the hallmark of women who have shared long, intimate friendships. I knew right then this was the beginning of a special relationship.

A couple of weeks later, I ran into you at Nordstrom's Rack and it felt like a reuniting of old friends. We exchanged phone numbers and began getting together on our own. The closer I got to you, the more I wondered why you were with Rick -- who was so dull, particularly in contrast to your bubbly and effervescent charm. You were, far and away, the special one and there was no doubt in my mind that regardless of what happened between you and Rick, ours was a friendship to last a lifetime.

I love you, Sheila.

You are a sparkling flash of sunshine even in the rainiest of days

And I am honored to call you my friend.

Happy 60^th to one hot chick!

Love, Jane & David

From Jeff and Sally

Sheila - you light up the room, you tell a great story, you are an upbeat and caring friend, and seeing you always puts joy in our day.  We are thrilled and honored to be part of this celebration of your special birthday. We all lift a glass to toast the wonderful, effervescent, and insightful Sheila - AKA "The Skokie Babe". 

 

~From Jeff and Sally

From Adina Tee

Sheila -

   For as long as I can remember, you have been a strong, powerful woman for me to look up to.  No matter what life throws your way, you always seem to come out on top.  I am so impressed by your vibrant way of living, everything you undertake is full of joy, positive energy, enthusiasm, love and generosity.  I have always felt like a part of your family and for that I am blessed and forever grateful.  I have so many happy memories of our families together at hannukkah, whenever we chose to celebrate it and other Shabbat dinners.  We would always laugh and have such a great time! I know that we will continue to make these memories together forever.  If I were able to be at your party I would make sure we said 'L'Chaim' to you, your birthday, and all the wonderful simchas and celebrations yet to come that we will have together.

I love you and am so lucky to have you in my life,
Adina  

From Auntie M

Sheila at 60?  Impossible.  I was changing your diapers yesterday!  That’s the benefit of being 8 years older than your little sister.  The sisters at the ends of a two-brothers sandwich.

When you were two, we rolled into Skokie singing “We Ain’t Got a Barrel of Money.”  Your repertoire expanded to include her favorites, “Honey Bun” and “All I Need Is The Girl,” as well as songs from all Broadway musicals, and everything from The Beatles.   

Your heroes are Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart.  And if they knew you, you would be their hero.  You march to the tune of your own drummer—and she wants to take you along.  You are generous with time, kindness, thoughtfulness, energy, and love.  

And you are an amazing hostess—you began by flipping burgers and hot dogs (yours are still the best!) and peeling 100-pound bags of potatoes for french fries, and you now excel at preparing opulent holiday dinners and parties.  Hell – You ARE the party!  

Dear Sheila, to borrow from Cameron Diaz (“In Her Shoes”) and e.e. Cummings, “I carry your heart in my heart.”  

Hope you are always “Where the Sidewalk Ends.”

Love you, Sister. Happy 60!

From Steve and Renee

What a great party for a great person - here's wishing you the best birthday ever. Thanks for letting us share in your celebration.

Love,
Steve and Renee Vogelsberg

From Jen, Matt & Eliza

To our wonderfully cool, loving, compassionate and spunky Aunt Sheila.  We are so lucky to have you in our lives as an aunt and a friend.  It's taken many years to realize that not every family is lucky enough to have someone who is not afraid to moon their sibs on a road trip, drop everything to help in good times and bad, sings and does a chorus kick line like nobody's business, and is just all around spectacular.

Happy 60th birthday Auntie S!
We love you so much!!
Jen, Matt & Eliza

From Deborah

Dark Chocolate covered oranges will alway bring back fond memories of you. 

Thanks for the veggie hot dog analogy. It helped me through a really tough time and holds true. 

 

Love,

Deborah

From Matty

Sheila,

I'm wishing you lots of smiles, great conversation, refreshing drinks, delicious food and fun company on your birthday, because that is what I know I'll get whenever I see you.  Thank you so much for your continued hospitality, your endless love, your energy, and especially for bringing up Danny (and Mari).  You have two wonderful, loving, thoughtful and passionate kids who are clearly a reflection of you and I get to benefit from that on a daily basis.  We'll be sure to keep the party alive the next time we see each other.  Have an incredible, long lasting celebration.  I'll be thinking about ya.

Love,

Matty

From the Hazlett Family

Shelia,

 

There really are people that just sparkle and light up a room. Those wonderful people whose eyes twinkle. You have the magnetic personality that is fun, engaging and a delight to be around. And darn you, you just don't age.

 

Wow,

Happy birthday from all Hazlett's

From Farrell Ann

To Shelia:

It's Farrell; an old student of Danny's (if you don't remember me then see if Aunt Marissa does ;)

So the first time I met you I think I was 16 years old and just excited to meet "Mr. Meyer's Mom" (or "Mama Meyer", as my brother has always known you;)

After talking to you for what couldn't have been more than 10 minutes, so many things about Danny suddenly made so much sense. 

One thing in particular always stood out to me. The day you came to school, one of the students in class asked you a question. For the life of me I can't even remember what that question was, but I'll always remember your answer. You talked about being a parent, and just the little things one learns while raising a child, and said "What's funny is when you first have a baby you think of all the things you'll do to shape the person they'll be, but before Danny was even a year old I saw that sure, I was his mother, but since day one he had his own unique personality. It was my job to raise him, but he really was his own person."

What an important thing for a mother to realize, and even more so for her to embrace.

Your son to this day remains one of (if not THE) best teachers I've ever had. And while I only got to meet you once, it was truly an amazing experience to meet the first person to ever teach him.

I hope you have a fantastic birthday. 

-Farrell

From Piki and Shuli

Although we are not at the high end of the late technology we still love you, Sheila.  We did have a wonderfull time with you all and wish all the best to this branch of the family.  The Wolfsons that just crossed this virtual line of being sixty know and wish this line to be nothing but a number.  Seeing you shouting and dancing in the park makes one realize that "young at heart" is not just a phrase but very real for the some of the Maybergs.

 

Sheila HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

 

OUR LOVE TO ALL OF YOU.

 

Piki & Shuki

From Chelsey

Dr. Sheila,

It feels as if I have had you in my life all along. I suppose, though, that you have that affect on so many. Your love was felt instantly, just like coming home. To have known you through Daniel would have been enough, for he speaks so highly of you as a mother, a woman, a healer and a human being. But to know you personally, to have actually spent time with you, shared memories with you, been invited into your family--if only for a time--is quite a privilege. It is an understatement to say that you help create a positive change in people you meet, for I have heard the stories from family of your love and kindness, but I am myself such a product. Even just my initial "consultation" with you in your kitchen, discussing stomach pain, personality, moods and temperament, was the beginning of a great revelation for me. I went back to my own home not only evaluating what I was eating, but also beginning to realize the depth of my own hidden emotions. It seems unlikely to have developed such a love for you in memories so few, but it is true. I wish returned to you so many more days filled with happiness if ever sweetened by the difficulties, wealth--in every regard-- if greater treasured by the hardships, and so many, many more memories for yourself and to share with those you love. 

Happy Birthday Sheila.

With overwhelming love/admiration/gratefulness,

Chelsey

From Yen and Yosuke

Sismance.  You had me at collard greens mixed in dog food, conversation, and hip eye glasses (from Jen). Yuji and I are just third and fourth wheels in this sismance (from Yosuke).

Hot and healthy. You are a woman with great sense of style and class.

Ey ma! For raising two amazing, passionate, benevolent human beings.

Infectious

Laughter. Before we could even take off our shoes, you had us almost rolling on the floor.

Amada.  You are loved by so many, and we are so honored to be a small part of your celebration!

Happy 60th birthday from Pittsburgh!

Love,

Jen and Yosuke

From Maki and Alex

Sheila is a wonderful woman and wonderful aunt for Alex and me. I still remember when Alex and I got married 9 years ago, Sheila advised Alex, "Whatever Maki says, you say 'Yes, dear.'" 

Alex still keeps her advice. 

Well, most of the time : )