[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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Aimless Love
But my heart is always standing on its tripod,
ready for the next arrow.
From Billy Collins’ “Aimless Love“
I fall in love 1,000 times a day. Falling in love, in this context, is about paying attention, wonder, amazement, joy, curiosity, and all things miraculous. It’s about butterflies, road races, chocolate, cabernet, cats purring, cheese, and warm bread. It’s about old friends, mentors, strangers, artists, and athletes. It’s about music, the sunset, the sunrise, roots, buds, and blooms. It’s about the possible, abundance, grace, the coming together, and the falling apart.
I disagree with Collin’s. Aimless love is not really aimless. There is always a point to love. Even a wandering love has direction. Even a lighthearted love has weight. Even a casual love has formal significance. Even a meek love has power. Even a distant love feels close.
Love works like that. Love is the sun that warms us. Love is the small stone we carry. Love is the empty bowl we welcome. Love is the wide eyes that see. Love is the story that connects. Love is the open heart that heals. That is love’s clear aim.
About Katie
From 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.
