Geri Schultheis:  

TIME FLIES BY Sorry about the cliche, but I honestly can't believe we're in our 50's. When I get pulled over by a trooper, or am greeted by a new doctor who has replaced my retired physician, my immediate thought is that I have shoes older than this person (I'm referring to my Earth Shoes of 1973 which I've saved for God-knows-what-reason). I actually asked my chiropractor how many times he had performed a certain move before he tried it on me. Oy vey! So why is it that when I'm visiting my mother (who still lives in the same house in Smithtown where I grew up) and walk through the door and yell, "Ma, I'm here", she always responds with "Don't forget to wipe your shoes and close the door, you're letting out all the heat/air conditioning", I'm automatically 16 years old again?? At least in my heart, anyway. Because after driving 3-1/2 - 4 hours from East Greenbush, NY (upstate - 7 miles from Albany) and shlepping in my suitcase, presents and 60 lb. dog, I feel every one of my 52 years. But if I don't move or look in a mirror, voila, I'm sixteen again. It's amazing!! My mom even left the same poster of Paris hanging on my child hood bedroom wall. Informationally speaking, I am married to Gene Sc...Expand for more