[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Reverence, Taught
Careful of stuck door, breath-held/ I lift heavy stacks of mother’s precious china.
From Reverence Taught — Sherry Shenoda
This week I am thinking about reverence. In what ways are reverence and holy related? Is it possible to learn reverence? How do we practice reverence in our day-to-day lives? What does reverence look like?
We moved into our new home a few months ago. Small pieces of family china from generations can be found throughout our house. I intend to collect more of our family china as we continue to settle. Part remembrance, part invitation, part celebration, having the precious china fill our space feels like a dialogue that continues beyond time and space. We are asking those that have gone before us to continue to walk with us. Maybe that is reverence?
I also want to say a word to the recent graduates in my life. Each of the posts this week holds a bit of advice. Read each and know how much I surround your futures in health, joy, and love. May you know reverence.
I look to poetry to consider a few questions. The precision of poetry focuses my language. The beauty of poetry inspires my exploration. The timeliness of poetry wakes me up every day. I have been selecting three poems a day and writing about them within my morning pages. My blog has developed out of my morning pages.
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.
