Eliana Osborn

For you, dear readers, who are thrilled with the teacher in your life — be it your own teacher, the instructor of your child, or even the person who does piano or karate — this list is for you.

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

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.’

I’ve developed a fast and furious passion for the new Daily Show host, Trevor Noah.

Really, you should thank me. I’m just protecting your future self.

I cried every single day of my life until I was 18 years old. I did not know this was abnormal.

I, like far too many women in this country and the world, have had a wide variety of experiences involving sexual harassment.

I’m not broken by this therapy failure. Jane wasn't the person to help me at this point of my life. Someone else WILL be.

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

I’m not a fan of repeating things over and over so that they lose their meaning. "Pledge: a solemn promise or agreement." It is that extra level, the solemnity, that makes me uncomfortable with casual usage.