[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 Air After Pain
Live for the air after pain and there will be no reason to run.Mark Nepo When we live knowing pain will end. We make fear an ally. Fighting fear does no good. Fear steals peace. Fear ties knots. Fear turns open hands in to fists incapable of...
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Doing Philosophy
A Wider Horizon
The eyes experience less stress when they can look upon a wider horizon. - R.D. Chin On Choosing a Wider Horizon A wider horizon says, "yes." So much of life is about, "no." No can be a safe, protective and necessary space. Sometimes saying "no" i...
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Doing Philosophy
Staying Porous
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. - Rainer Maria Rilke In this world of hard edges, steep climbs, and blind turns, staying porous may seem impossible. Stamping out the soft parts of our he...
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Doing Philosophy
Swimming In Our Love
I lose sight of us at times; the way that fish can’t see the ocean; the price of lovers swimming in their love. - Mark Nepo I am a curious lover of people. I strike up random conversations in different places. I ask a lot of questions. I learn gem...
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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.
