Author: sharonafoley

I’m still searching for a living kidney donor. If you can help, email me at [email protected] My chapbook A Kind of Mercy is accepted for publication and will be released in September, 2025. These poems take you inside my convent life as a Sister of Mercy. Go to my website: SharonNeedsaKidney.com to listen to my […]

I’m still searching for a kidney. Any donor, any age, any blood type will do. If you don’t match me, I’m still eligible for a kidney swap. Share this video of Lives Forever Changed Lives Forever Changed, 5/29/2024, Cranston Public Library

The educational program on kidney donation, May 29th at the Cranston Public Library was a vibrant event. Here is a highlight video of the event. Please share with many!

An Educational Program About Kidney Donation DATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 TIME: 6:30pm to 7:45pm LOCATION: Cranston Public Library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Presenters include Dr. Basma O. Merhi, MD along with a panel of donors and recipients

Lives Forever Changed:  Stories of Hope and Compassion:  An educational program about kidney donation. Date:  Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Time:  6:30pm to 7:45pm Location:  Cranston Public Library, Central Library, James T. Giles Community Room Contact:  Robin Nyzio, [email protected] To Register: Go to the Cranston Public Library website; click Events Presenters include Dr. Basma O. Merhi, […]

I still search for a living kidney donor, and along the way of this search I am blessed.  I must have done something good because today as I fumble to pay my parking ticket at the RI Hospital kiosk I hear a clear voice, “Can I help you?”  As I turn around, the woman startles […]

Today we celebrate St. Brigid. Her feast day marks the end of the darkness of winter and heralds the new season of hope and growth. Brigid is the patron saint of poets and is known for her miracles of healing for the disenfranchised. I pray that Brigid will inspire someone to be a living kidney […]

By Paul Edward Parker | Providence Journal CRANSTON − Joseph Reek was sleeping 16 hours a day. He had no energy. His kidneys were failing, a complication of Type 2 diabetes. It would take a miracle to save him from dialysis – or worse. Little did he know that he would find that miracle and […]

Today, December 13th my poem A Visit to my Bedridden Father is published in the online journal, SWIMM Everyday (Supporting Women Writers in Miami).  Go to my website www.SharonNeedsaKidney.org  to hear my reading of this poem.   I’m still searching for a living kidney donor.  If you can help me with this, email me at [email protected] […]

Email me at [email protected] if you can be a donor.