Eliana Osborn

Self-care is important. Massages are a good form of self-care. Too bad I keep thinking about what I'm going to make for dinner.

Being a person of faith isn’t cool. It is very personal to me and not something I like to talk about a lot, which goes counter to the whole idea of ‘sharing the good news of the gospel.’

1. Write a damn letter.

Ray Nagin. Yes, the former New Orleans mayor who now has a criminal record. Let me explain.

You know how someone can give you a compliment that you know isn’t true? Like, they tell you a dress looks good when you are absolutely certain that is not the case? But if they keep saying it looks good, you start to think “Yeah... this looks good.”

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

We take weekend turns. He does vacations and summers. Literally. He takes them away. It is great.

The most important things my mother taught me included work from Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Wham! and Whitney Houston.

Sometimes the nicest kids turn into whole new people when they come over to your house.

1. Borrow a child.