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Pilates Studio 6 in South Barrington has long been a sanctuary for building strength, improving flexibility, and promoting overall wellness. Through its transformative approach and personalized instruction, the studio helps clients develop resilience, enhance mobility, and find balance in mind, body, and soul. For owner Chris Girard, her studio has also become a source of

More than six decades ago, Juanita Wood Kennedy’s cousin babysat for a woman who lived near the ocean in Massachusetts. It led to Kennedy’s lifelong passion for sitting—in the saddle. “The woman was eccentric and owned two Arabian horses, one named Flame and the other Sieme,” recalls Kennedy, now 76 and a Barrington Hills resident

Several years ago, Hunter and Kristy Hamilton began exploring the possibility of adoption to grow their family. “We would receive emails alerting us of expectant mothers considering adoption,” Kristy says. “Each email would include a small snapshot of the expectant mother’s story and her motivation in choosing adoption. Every story was different and filled, at