It all started with a night on the town. Tony and Liz Gragnani met through mutual friends in January 2010 in downtown Columbia. It didn’t take long before they knew they were meant to be together. Tony got down on one knee in March 2012 at Ragtag Cinema. From that point on, they planned their […]
Medical Director, MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Age: 35 Years in Columbia: 17 Original hometown: Herndon, Virginia, and Chesterfield, Missouri Family: My husband, David; son, Alexander; and daughter, Isabella Favorite restaurant to frequent: Thip Thai What I do for fun: I love to travel, ride bikes around town and the neighborhood with
I’m committing one of the cardinal sins of writing by basing this entire essay on a cliché, but here goes: Motherhood changes you. The thing is, clichés become clichés for a reason. And the truth is that the experience of becoming a mother, whether by nature or nurture, impacts a woman in fundamental and profound
Mom turns 90 in November, and she’s still teaching me to laugh at myself, have more fun and focus on the positive. She shows me how to be grateful for the life I have and ready for when it ends. What follows are six of the most important lessons I’ve learned from Mom, lessons that
