Eliana Osborn

My husband is worried about stigma, about Owen feeling different, about epilepsy being part of his identity. Those are sweet concerns, really. And I get it — I love the kid too. I’d never want to make his life harder in any way.

Look, Connect Four is not a good game. But it can be over quickly, which is pretty great.

...But not in the way you'd think.

1. Borrow a child.

Sick of hearing about your friend's perfect pregnancy?Give one of these amazing gifts at the baby shower and you shouldn’t have to worry about this anymore.

My Life on the Road (or MLR) is not what I expected...the idea of not waiting for experience to come to you permeates the book.

After this, I’m not going to be able to complain about Meghan Trainor and having to teach my son that "All About That Bass" is talking about girls with big booties.

I always have a small piece of my brain on mom mode, no matter what else is happening. I have no problem with this, since that is how humanity has survived.

I look tired when I stay up too late. I also look tired if I get eight hours of sleep.

I wanted to write a book last summer. Then I realized what a terrible goal that was and modified accordingly.