[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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Doing Philosophy
The Impulse to Love
If somebody were to cut me into a thousand pieces, every piece of me would say that it loves. - Chris Lubbe The Impulse to Love is Soft The world can be hard. It can make us hard. The challenge is to stay soft in the midst of it all. Stay soft when...
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Doing Philosophy
To Know Someone Deeply
To know someone deeply is like hearing the moon through the ocean or having a hawk lay bright leaves at your feet. It seems impossible, even while it happens. - Mark Nepo What I know for sure about knowing and being known. An Imposter Self I...
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Doing Philosophy
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
God leads me to still waters that restore my spirit. - Psalm 23 I was introduced to the Psalms as a child in church choir. I started singing in church at the age of 5. I wore a white robe with a big red bow and sang with a passion that I have rare...
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Doing Philosophy
Making Waves
I would do anything for you. Would you be yourself? – Mark Nepo Myself as Magnet I attract when I am myself. I attract people who like myself. I attract situations in which I can be myself. I attract authenticity – honest conversations, trust...
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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.
