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Honeysmoke

Monique Fields is a writer, wife and mother of two. She blogs about raising biracial children on Honeysmoke.com and has penned a nonfiction children’s book to help young people navigate questions about skin color.

Recent Posts from Honeysmoke

Can’t Organize Love

Posted 08/15/2011 - 10:26am by Honeysmoke

A new study on black relationships picks apart dating and marriage myths and shows how media have manipulated facts and figures... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 08/13/2011 - 9:32am by Honeysmoke

We don’t like the food that you make, Daddy. Simone, lobbying to eat out.  Read More »

School Bus Blues

Posted 08/12/2011 - 2:56pm by Honeysmoke

  Add in your own bluesy guitar riff between verses   My daughter is a first-grader Can ride the bus to school It’s... Read More »

Affordable Organic Skin Care

Posted 08/10/2011 - 12:07pm by Honeysmoke

It wasn’t long ago that I went to the spa and got a talking to from the aesthetician. Get your skin act together, she sai... Read More »

From The Inbox

Posted 08/09/2011 - 1:47pm by Honeysmoke

  What to do when someone you care about shows his thoughts. Q: I would love to get your opinion on the following…My hus... Read More »

The Help

Posted 08/08/2011 - 3:23pm by Honeysmoke

I was skeptical about “The Help.” I turned up my nose at reading or viewing a work about black maids in the South in... Read More »

Quote, Unquote Classic

Posted 08/07/2011 - 4:20pm by Honeysmoke

Ibby-Dah.  Simone, developing her vocabulary. Simone spent two years in the home of what I like to call her Dominican Day Famil... Read More »

Don’t Call Dr. Laura

Posted 08/05/2011 - 1:33pm by Honeysmoke

A serious repost. A black woman married to a white man called Dr. Laura and told her she was growing resentful of her husband be... Read More »

Our Painted Lady Butterflies

Posted 08/05/2011 - 11:53am by Honeysmoke

A fun repost. Nadia loves butterflies, so it was no surprise when she asked for a butterfly garden for her birthday. She receive... Read More »

Good Read

Posted 08/04/2011 - 12:35pm by Honeysmoke

This piece by Ellis Cose explains the difference between racial and gay civil rights. Enjoy! Posted from 34,000 feet with help o... Read More »