{Bringing Up Boogie} Jesus, Boogie & the Bible: Wading in the Sticky Waters of Religion
By BASSEY IKPI Boogie loves Jesus. I'm not sure he's clear on who exactly Jesus is, but he's fully into him these days. He gets...
{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} Grammar Police
By Bassey Ikpi Boogie: Oh, mommy! Today I saw some gooses… Me: Geese Boogie: What’s a geese? Me: Geese is plural for goose. Boogie: What’s...
{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...
Meet the MyBrownBaby Team
Founder, Editor-in-Chief New York Times best-selling author Denene Millner is a hotly sought after award-winning journalist whose insightful and captivating pieces have secured her foothold...
{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...
And What An Awesome Year It Was: MyBrownBaby 2010 In Review!
I can hardly believe that 2010 is coming to an end; it seems like it was just yesterday that we were designing this, the beginning...
{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...
