[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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Health
On Joining A Gym For The 175th Time
Note: Today's task on my Precision Nutrition journey involved reflecting over my personal fitness journey. I have participated in a cleanse program, trained for road races of all distances, tried numerous weight loss programs, worked with trainers on...
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Health
Clean Program Week 3 Reflection
Note - In 2013, I completed the month-long Clean Program - a cleanse designed to reboot metabolism and improve overall health. I am starting a year-long nutrition and wellness program, Precision Nutrition, this week. I am reposting things I have le...
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Poetry
To Tell of Bodies Changed
Having desired little /more than thearrival of the little more/that arrives,/ outside our window a cypress/of model proportions./Its patience seems to widen/the nights we sleep in Rome.Warm flags draw a tortoise,/it scrapes too near./Our friends hur...
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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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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.
