August 10th is the birthday of Anne Elizabeth Sullivan Daly: daughter of Big Sully and Mary Claire; sister of Jim, Mary Fran, John, Mike, Matt, Jerry, Margy and Patty; mother of Claire and Willis; wife of Malachy Daly; stepmother of five, with a flock of Irish grandchildren; auntie, cousin and friend to scores more folks.
Professionally, Anne is highly accomplished, having trained and worked as a registered nurse and a lawyer. Today she is the Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern University.
What makes her a successful executive also makes her a loyal and passionate sister, auntie, cousin and friend. She will defend and debate right alongside her loved ones, then turn around and makes us laugh until we wheeze with delight. She is one of the funniest women I know.
Anne also has a constant desire to connect with children on their level--so that she can learn from them, entertain them, protect and comfort them. I will bet $100 that if we dumped out the contents of Anne's purse today, we would find tiny finger puppets, wrapped candy and other trinkets to entertain children. And so isn't it wonderful that she now works at a leading Children's Hospital?
She has served all of us as an advice nurse, a friend and an advocate and we are grateful to call her our own.
Happy birthday Anne, and may you have 64 more healthy ones, by the Aunt Joannie Sullivan Law of Longevity Aspiration of 2008.
God bless us and save us and keep us from harm.
Love, Patty
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