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.

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

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.’

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

Don’t listen to horror stories about airplane tantrums. Listen to me while I let you in on the secret perks of seeing the world with kiddos.

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

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

I get how we want to make our kids successful and everything, right from the start. Feeding into the pressure, here’s the tagline from Starling’s company: “The world’s first word-tracking system that can improve your child’s trajectory for life.”

They were horrible.

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