[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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When the Path is Blocked
When the path is blocked, back up and see more of the way.
Mark Nepo
The idea that we must be grateful for everyone and everything has presented itself to me several times recently. Being grateful for everyone and everything feels like being able to back up and see more of the way — seeing beyond our blocks. Being grateful for everyone and everything does not mean that I am so glad my car broke down, or my bank account is empty, or I lost my job. Being grateful for everyone and everything means trying at least 800 times and not giving up. Being grateful for everyone and everything means that we are asked to make connections between what blocks us and gratitude. The connections can be understood as wisdom, compassion, perseverance, and humility. The connections lead to fundamental change.
About Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
