Beautiful Flowers
I can’t get out of my mind a post written earlier this week by my new friend over at A Thorn Among Roses. She and...
Starched Pillowcases and Chocolate Bon Bons
By DENENE MILLNER I'm not a slob. Well, not really. Okay, okay, already I might have some junkyard tendencies. Yes, my walk-in closet is so...
On the MyBrownBaby Bookshelf: Boycott Blues. Plus, A New MBB Contest!
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a NationBy Andrea Pinkney and Brian Pinkney (illustrator)Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins This story begins with shoes.¨This story is all for...
Because Every Mom Needs A Theme Song
I love an uplifting song with meaningful lyrics bonus points if the person delivering it can blow. Ledisi gets a star, an A+, and a...
Don't You Wish Your Daughter Was Hot Like Tyra?
By DENENE MILLNER I know there's a special place in Mom hell for me, but I let my daughters watch America's Next Top Model. (There....
Faith In Our Fathers
By DENENE MILLNER On the mornings when my husband, Nick, walks the girls to the bus stop, my commute involves me leaning over the side...
On the MBB Menu: Smoked Turkey and White Beans
By DENENE MILLNER Seems like there are more cold days than warm ones lately, and I'm kinda sad that our rib, chicken, pork loin, and...
How Mommy Got Her Groove Back
By DENENE MILLNER Let me just go ahead and put this on out there: I can't dance. I mean, if you put on, say, Stevie...
Neighbors Gone Wild
By DENENE MILLNER He's full of life, my nephew energetic, incredibly funny, frighteningly brilliant, and, at age nine, still comfortable enough in his kid-hood to...
OUR FIRST FAMILY
By DENENE MILLNER He never talked about it much, my dad. But he's a 70-something black man, born and raised in the seat of the...
