Im Going To Sleep My Way To the Top
Oh, get your mind out of the gutter I don't mean that kind of sleeping! I'm talking, literally, taking my behind to bed and getting...
On the MyBrownBaby Table: Grab Cakes
By SHELLEY CHAPMANof Naturi Beauty Grab Cakes? Yes, you’re right sounds a lot like Crab Cakes. They’re actually a lovely, perfectly seasoned, vegan version; tofu,...
Boy, Please.
So I messed up and left the house without my iPod (again) and NPR was still playing classical music (which I don't mind but wasn't...
WW: She's Growing Up, I've Come Undone
This is my baby. This weekend, I bought her her first piece of grown-up intimate apparel. Where did the time go? And how do I...
The MyBrownBaby Beautiful Mind January 2010 Contest Winner!
We're celebrating great writing here at MyBrownBaby today with the announcement of the winner of The MyBrownBaby Beautiful Mind Writing Contest: January 2010. I'm sending...
Government Cheese
It’s the cheese I remember – a congealed, yellowy-orange block in non-descript paper, with, I think, blue writing. You needed the might of Solomon to...
Together Forever: What It Takes To Make a Marriage Work
Every year, Essence helps five African-American gentlemen create unforgettable surprise marriage proposals in the pages of its magazine, and then invites readers to vote for...
You Just Gotta Love That Black Girl Swagger
So it started with the Little Yellow Corvette Mari would wheel it up and down the driveway, whipping it around rocks and dipping between the...
Wordful Wednesday: This Moment Is Your Life…
Drink wineThis is life eternalThis all that youth will give to youIt is the season for wine, roses and drunken friendsBe happy for this momentThis...
Save the Babies: Help For Haiti's Children
The numbers are incomprehensible 50,000, 100,000, half a million. Perhaps we'll never know never have the accurate accounting of the unspeakable loss mother Haiti has...
In The Spirit of Martin: Celebrating the Prince of Peace
The poem featured here today was created by celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni as part of the Smithsonian’s 2002 traveling exhibit, “In the Spirit...
Home Made Love: Roast Lemon and Rosemary Chicken
By MARI and LILA CHILES Mommy's specialty is friend chicken it's always perfectly crunchy on the outside and nice and juicy on the inside. But...
Check Out MyBrownBaby On Kathie Lee & Hoda!
Exciting news! Today, I joined Kathie Lee and Hoda on the Today Show to discuss how we moms can and should! talk to our kids...
Wordful Wednesday: We Are Daddy's Girls
This is my heart.My rock.My shoulder to lean on.My “you can do it” cheerleader.My “it’s gonna be all right, baby” comforter.The best papa on the...
The Brown Baby Hustle: Going Green, Singing Earth's Praises, and Getting Paid
Okay, so maybe I was being a wee-bit dramatic last week when I posted about how giddy I was that the kids were back at...
