[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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Marie Forleo’s B-School Week 7 Reflection
If last week I was a gardener artfully pruning, this week I have been a surgeon delicately operating. The focus of my week has been on reworking, searching, massaging, considering, dreaming, and messaging text across the breadth of my Big Idea. The m...
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Paying Attention
A Rock In My Shoe
Have you ever tried to run with a rock in your shoe? The other day, I started to put my running shoes on and a rock was caught in my sock. I got my shoe all the way on before I realized the rock was there. I gingerly walked around, trying to move the...
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Health
Whole Life Challenge Week 8 Reflection
My first Whole Life Challenge has ended. I have earned points. I have missed points. I have exercised. I have sat on my butt. I have practiced the life habits. I have forgotten life habits. I have been well. I have been sick. Surprises. Disappointmen...
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Health
Whole Life Challenge Week 7 Reflection
Week 7 has been the most difficult week of the Challenge for me. By far. I have not exercised for days. I have barely done this week's Lifestyle habit. I did not plan and grocery shop this week. I have been focused on work and lost sight of the Chall...
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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.
