Vanilla Mommy is a unique non-fiction story about how a young, single white woman adopts a five-year old African American girl from the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services. This transracial family discovers how to live in two worlds, black and white. Everything from nappy hair to ashy skin is new to Bradie as she joins a black Baptist church to help her daughter learn about God and her heritage at the same time. While her daughter Amanda goes through culture shock and begins to deal with her turbulent past, Bradie learns to "Go Deep" both spiritually and in the new black world she gradually becomes a part of.