Weekly Wide-Awake: The Green Traffic Light

[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: The Green Traffic Light

“April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks ‘Go.’”
Christopher Morley

I am ready for April. I am ready for Spring in all her glory to say “Go.” Go toward breath and light. Go toward acceptance and peace. Go toward open hands and heart.

I am ready for the universal green light that balances work and rest. I am ready for the universal green light that creates soft edges and safe places to land. I am ready for the universal green light that knows equanimity and perfect time. I am ready for the universal green light that knows imagination and edge.

Springs means go like the butterfly who leaves her cocoon. Spring means go like the foal who learns to walk and run. Spring means go like daylight that lengthens and extends and stretches. Spring means go like “Yes” and “I forgive you.” and “I love you.” mean go. Spring means go like curiosity and awe.

Weekly Wide-Awake: The Green Traffic Light

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