Eliana Osborn

Size, like age and salary and whatever else, is just a number. Pretending numbers don’t measure things isn’t helpful. I’m 38 years old: That isn’t good or bad, but it IS different from being 18 or 50.

I’m a sucker for an interesting woman, so Notorious RBG is obviously my sort of book.

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

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

Full-fat dairy may be “healthier” for you than low-fat dairy. “May” be, as in, probably is, like with numbers and science and stuff.

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

There are some days of parenting that are magical, full of unicorns and four leaf clovers and lottery winnings. Those are the moments when I catch myself, just for a second, feeling content and happy and looking around trying to freeze things. Out of 7000 days, those maybe make up five a year.

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

When I’m staring at the wall trying to keep my cool when my 6-year-old is hysterical about the tiny bump on his finger, I attempt to channel some of the good parts.

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