By Karen M. Sughrue | May 16, 2017
JEWEL: I am an 82-year old widow and, along with Susan, my 60-year old partner, we are what’s known as “bedside singers,” visiting patients in a hospice facility who are terminally ill and dying. I began doing this after the death of my husband. We...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Dec 20, 2016
Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, and yet it continues to be the second leading cancer killer of men and women. I am a stage three, now 17-year survivor of colon cancer, and I never should have gotten it. I had good weight, ate well, exercised. I...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Nov 21, 2016
I am an author/teacher/speaker. My themes are ageism. I am the founder of the first AGE MARCH in history. The March is to celebrate age pride for ALL ages, race, sexuality, gender, and to end age discrimination. Ageism motivated me to become involved in this work....
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 17, 2016
I live in a real small community – Tennessee Colony, Texas – about an hour and a half from Dallas. One day, someone spoke at our church about the need for volunteers to be advocates in court – and in life – for children living in foster care....
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 17, 2016
I am the President and Chairman of the Board of a not-for-profit organization I co-founded in 2009. The organization is The W Connection: Widows Helping Widows Rebuild Their Lives. I am also the Chapter Leader for the W Connection located in Sea Cliff, New York. I was...
