{Bringing Up Boogie} The Longing: A Single Mom Searches For Magic In the Darkness
By BASSEY IKPI So this sadness returns quietly. Always quietly. No great trumpeting or horn blast. No drum circle or full bodied gospel wail. No...
{Bringing Up Boogie} The Place From Which A Mother’s Love Flows
By Bassey Ikpi I love my son. That seems like a really base thing to say. Mothers are supposed to love their children. If you...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Ready or Not? Deciding When and Where My Black Boy Goes to Kindergarten
By Bassey Ikpi This afternoon, my father handed me a brochure for St. Mathias Catholic School. It's that time. Boogie will turn 5 next November...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Single Mom Dating Is Confusing And Kinda Sucks Ass
I've been single since before Boogie was born. I was not with his father while I was pregnant or any time after that. I've dated...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Holy Batman and the Big Boy Bed: My Baby Is Growing Up
Bassey and Baby Boogie Boogie turned four on November 30th. We had a superhero party for him because he's obsessed with Batman and Superman. Or...
{Bringing Up Boogie} There Is No Comfort In Silence
Editor’s note: If you follow poet and Bringing Up Boogie columnist Bassey Ikpi here on MyBrownBaby, you know that she is a tireless advocate for...
{Bringing Up Boogie} For Black Moms Whove Considered the Cuss Out When the Playground Banter Is Too Much
Editor's Note: I dug deep into the MyBrownBaby Crates for this piece, which I gathered together one Sunday afternoon while I was fussing around on...
{Bringing Up Boogie} My Boy and the White Barbie Cozying Up Under the Christmas Tree
By BASSEY IKPI Boogie is in that can you buy me that? stage of life. I dread commercials with anything that races, flies, explodes or...
{Bringing up Boogie} For Colored Girls Who Are Pregnant, Alone & Unable to See the Rainbow
By BASSEY IKPI The doctor says I've lost weight in the last two weeks. The doctor says that the growth is even bigger now than...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Down With The Fresh Beat Band and Other Kid Shows That Aren't Fresh
The Fresh Beat Band stars Twist, Kiki, Shout, and Marina, a.k.a. Boogie’s homies By BASSEY IKPIAfter last week's mommy melt down, I've decided to relax...
