Melissa Harris-Perry   |  February 17, 2013

A peek inside the black book on MHP’s desk

Melissa Harris-Perry reads messages written to her daughter from show guests throughout the last year.

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>>> this weekend is the first anniversary of the launch of mhp show. if you have been with us, you notice we have a large black sketch book on our table. here on mhp, we call it parker 's book. it belongs to my daughter. we first launched and she asked me to get a book and have every one of the guests to sign a note to her. what we realized is parker 's book is the historical record of nerdland. we decided to take a peek beneath the covers to see what messages she has been getting. here are our favorites. dear parker , your mother can be wrong. stay black. parker , your mother is great. sure you are very proud. spend her money while you can? from katon dawson. and be proud of her and we are of her. rev al sharpton . how about this one? park parker , your mom is a superstar. i'm sure you will be too. ezra. and our favorite. sorry my handwriting is such crap. parker , i look forward to covering your olympic gold medals in the near future . that is from alex wagner. this is one of my favorites to parker . you are our future. from nancy pelosi . this one got parker excited. parker , i hear you are already running for office. you let us know emily's list and we have your back. this is a great one, too. parker , i saw the do the "gangnam style" danger. you were great. and parker , can't wait until 15 years from now when you're in the host chair. that is chris hayes giving away my job. parker , i hope to some day meet you. it's been quite a year. i can't wait to see what the next year will bring. thanks for joining us at our table. when you agree and when you don't. thanks to contributing to our discussions online. thanks for telling us about foot soldiers in your community. thanks for sharing this wild, wonderful journey we are all on together. and look, there is a blank page in the book here for you. beyonce. that's our show for today. thank you to lizz, dean and anthea. thanks for watching us. coming up is weekends with