[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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Gratitude Games
I have been writing about gratitude for a long time. I have talked with an Unites States Air Force Colonel, a Cirque Du Soleil performer, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a New York Times bestselling author, professors, yogis, community activists, labor organizers, thought leaders, influencers, small business owners, and a Bahamian conch shack entrepreneur. I have learned a lot from these conversations. They spoke of journaling, surrounding themselves with things that are centering, like heart shaped rocks, and meditating when I asked them about how they focus on gratitude. They talked about becoming more grateful through reflection, communication, and presence. They talked about the way in which they practice gratitude with their families. “Gratitude games.”
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.
