[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: Paying Attention
Paying Attention
Find Your Something
The Well of Ancient Mysteries To look at it, the well is a small piece of land covered with mango and banyan trees, tropical flowers, and a mural-decorated house surrounded by a 7-Eleven, an empanada food truck, a Metrorail station, and flashy hig...
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Paying Attention
My Wedding Rings
"Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity." - Kahlil Gibran My engagement ring and wedding rings are made from my Nana's engagement ring. I am named for her. I am her only grand daughter....
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My Wedding Dress
"Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief she is beautiful." — Sophia Loren Dread I waited months after getting engaged to shop for a wedding dress. I dreaded the thought of the wedding dress shopping. I did not want to go into a ...
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When I Am 70
A few years ago I was eating dinner in La Conner, Washington. I sat a few tables over from a couple that looked to be in their 70s. We were situated by beautiful windows so as to see the glow of the moon over the narrow channel of water on which La C...
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From 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.
