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Family Ties

“Even though Kendall is now almost 15 years in remission, I still to this day think of myself as a mom whose daughter had cancer,” says Alison Sierens. “It becomes a lifelong part of you.” When we were first introduced to Sierens, her husband Bob and their four daughters, Ryan, Jaime, Kendall, and Payton, in

Enchanted Gardens

Gardens of astonishing beauty can be found across the globe: Jacques Majorelle’s garden in Marrakech; Gertrude Jekyll’s Munstead Wood garden in Surrey; Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s gardens in Charleston; and, of course, Claude Monet’s Giverny in France. Yet, as demonstrated in the pages that follow, glorious gardens can be found much closer to home—literally

Seasons of Change

When Marianna Shubalis Bannos was a little girl, her mother taught her to always look on the bright side of life, to seek out the goodness in any situation, even if it felt hard or uncertain. Those lessons, and those family bonds, stay with the Oak Brook mother today as she navigates challenges no one

There’s No Place Like Home

Before the COVID- 19 pandemic swept through our country, Megan McCleary admits that she had never even heard of a trendy videoconferencing app called Zoom. But months later, the real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services says she has had more Zoom meetings than she can keep track of. “We had various tools in

For the Children

In 1952, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago hosted its inaugural Summer Ball at Arlington Park’s Post and Paddock Clubhouse with 500 of Chicago’s notable leaders in business and philanthropy coming together to benefit the city’s most economically challenged neighborhoods and most disadvantaged families. The event endures today under the leadership of the Boys

Full Circle

Self-described entrepreneur and advocate for policy dialogue Sylvie Légère Ricketts launched The Policy Circle in 2015 following casual, dynamic, intellectually-charged discussions with her Wilmette neighbors. Women met regularly in Ricketts’ living room, the small group’s far-reaching conversations spanned from global issues to current events. To elevate and expand these conversations, Légère, along with co-founders Angela

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