By Madge Woods I met her on parole, and now she’s AMAZING. Keisha is my mentee (technically really not anymore as she finished parole April 29, 2011 – almost five years from the day I met her). Meeting My Mentee Keisha has become so much more than what she was the day I met her. […]
By Madge Woods The holidays are upon us and my head has been spinning since October. The culmination of the imagined spinning has morphed into real spinning (benign positional vertigo). It all started in August when I decided to end a 12-year relationship and, without this person in my life, I went off to Provincetown. […]
By: Madge Woods I am flying home from Texas as I write this. I want to put my thoughts down about my recent adventures around the country meeting Facebook friends and The Next Family writers. I decided to go because I love what I do and getting to interact with people on a daily basis. […]
By: Madge Woods Times they are a changing and I am beyond outraged. I wake up every morning hoping another ridiculous bill will not be introduced in some state that violates women’s rights. Roe v. Wade is always under attack but never more than now. Right before my eyes all that I fought for is […]
We continue our interview series with Madge Woods, Marketing Director for The Next Family and a huge support to the site and our community of writers. TNF: How has it been blogging for TNF? I love my work with TNF. I met Brandy a couple of years ago when we were doing a live storytelling […]
By: Madge I just returned from China on a 33-person tour with a high-end company, and I have some advice for travelers looking to visit the country. First, you must decide whether you want to travel with a group (small or large), or individually (with maybe just one partner). Secondly, you must pay close attention […]
By: Madge Woods My son and daughter-in-law went on a getaway to a wedding across the country. Since I live on their same block they asked if I could stay with my three adorable grandchildren –twin boys age 5 ½ and a three year-old girl. It is a no rules, 4-day extravaganza here in their […]
By: Madge Woods I got married at 19. My parents had always said “no man will buy a cow if milk is so cheap.” I married so I could fuck. Yikes, was I young and inexperienced. I had my two sons at age 22 and 24. My pregnancies were my happiest times and I couldn’t […]
