Home Made Love: Basil Sausage Peppery Pasta
By MARI and LILA CHILES We have some pretty busy days around here, and some evenings, when soccer and Mandarin lessons and Environmental Club, and...
Home Made Love: Gamma Bettye's Shush Cake
By MARI and LILA CHILES This is our Gamma Bettye’s recipe for her Southern Lemon Pound Cake. It’s thick and delicious and full of lemony...
Home Made Love: Crazy Crabby Crab Cakes
By MARI CHILES and LILA CHILES Mommy usually makes these on special occasions, which makes them, well, special (and expensive). She lets us crack the...
Home Made Love: Philadelphia Cheesesteak Sandwiches
To keep Christmas gift-giving simple (and affordable!), my girls and I made home made cookbooks for a few of the special folks in our lives....
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...
There's No Place Like Home
By DENENE MILLNERThey come every afternoon with book bags flying and their converse stomping the front lawn and their maniacal little giggles rushing into the...
The Importance of Happy Birthdays: Celebrations Aren’t Just For Kids
Everybody deserves recognition on their birthday, but I didn't realize how important this is until my daddy turned 75 and made this stunning revelation.
Black Students and Summer Slide: How Our Children’s Back-To-School Progress Slows Every Year
Are the lazy days of summer killing the academic progress of Black children? No doubt.
Celebrating 55 Years Of Black Marriage—And a Few Rules To Ensure More Anniversaries
My in-laws recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary—an amazing, beautiful gift to themselves and to those of us who love them and who see their...
Natural Hair: A Teen Struggles To Rock Her Locs Proudly, Courageously
I went #teamnatural 13 years ago with a very specific intention: to show and prove to my daughter, Mari, that she should be proud of...
