My Kid, The Next Last Comic Standing
So the little one came straight off the school bus and announced before she got up the front steps good that she's going to try...
CAN'T TOUCH THIS: We're Too Bougie For BET
By DENENE MILLNERSo I'm celebrating the New Year (read: recovering from my sister-in-law's smokin' hot/spirt-filled/sweat-your-hair-out New Year's Eve party) by lazing around and flipping through...
What's Happening In 2009?
Marvin Gaye–please believe it. Not only was he incredibly beautiful and insanely talented (check him out in this YouTube video tickling the keys), his seminal...
THE BIRTH OF THE COOL: Lessons On How To Be More Than The Class Clown
By JAMES EZEILO It's around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, and my son Miles and I have to be at his elementary school in exactly 10...
HAVE A MERRY MYBROWNBABY CHRISTMAS!
Oh, how I love Christmas–for the fellowship, the magic, the familial bonding. For the reminder of the miracle that brought us our Lord. Tonight, look...
The Most Wonderful Christmas Present
Every Monday, my little ladies sit at the table of one Kristie Horn, an instructor in the gifted program at a local public school here...
WELCOME TO A COLOR STRUCK WORLD
By MELODY CHARLES What the…wait a minute. Since when do doctors double as pigment police? Did my doctor just say what I think she just...
Yes, Mari and Lila—There Is A Santa Claus
This is how it’s gonna go down in the Millner/Chiles household from now on and forever more: Any kid who comes to my house talking...
Now That's Love Real Black Love
By DENENE MILLNERNo less than five of my girlfriends sent me links yesterday to a New York Times story boasting a headline that made us...
So Happy Being Me
My daughters are incredible artists. I’m not just saying this because I’m their mother. Well, maybe I am. But whatev. They’re fly. Creative little buggers,...
The Sun Will Surely Make You Black
By DENENE MILLNER This is what I did for fun when I was a kid: I read. I cornrowed my doll’s hair. I read some...
A Child To Call My Very Own
By NICOLE McNEIL My father was murdered when I was young and it killed my spirit. It was my brother's child, my nephew, who brought...
Mommy's Marvelous Macaroni & Cheese
By DENENE MILLNERIt seemed almost every weekend when I was little, my mom was taking us somewhere to visit with her best friends/church buddies/play sisters....
Thank Heaven For BFFs (And Birthdays)!
I had no idea that Angelou and I would hit it off like this. I mean, I met her in a whirlwind weekend back in...
MBB Contest: Custom Lucky Paperie Stationery!
Gretchen, a dear friend of mine who also happens to be an extraordinary educator, recently hooked up my Lila with a new pen pal a...
