[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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Category: Health
Doing Philosophy, Health
Turning Light into Food
We still might feed the dark thing in us that grows away from the light until against all sense we mysteriously flower in the other direction.Mark Nepo I know how I turn light into food in my life. I don't always choose that path, much to my disma...
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Doing Philosophy, Health
Miracle Thinking
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein I was diagnosed with Turner syndrome at the age of 15. Turner syndrome is a genetic condition that...
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Health
Diagnosis Is Not Destiny
I have completed more than a dozen half-marathons. I started running races when I trained for a marathon at 29. Many years ago. I will continue to run half marathons as long as I am able. When I say run, I am not talking about blistering speed. I am ...
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About Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
