[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: Celebrating August
Nature does not hurry. Yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
I celebrate August. Many things have occurred in my life in August that deserve celebration. As the calendar turns, so do my thoughts to milestones and to my journey. I have written about it this week. Completing a PhD. Publishing an essay in a magazine. The journey that is hormone replacement therapy. Serving my community. Publishing Gratitude Conversations – Volumes I – VI. My journey to become the cheetah I was born to be. Over the last few months, I have found myself turning to nature – the natural rhythm of the tides, the absolute majesty of leaves falling and storms passing, and the sun rising and setting to find solid ground in uneven times.
When I think about my biggest accomplishments, they never happen quickly. Their timing feels like the seasons – measured and perfect. They feel big like mountains built from small stones. They feel supported by roots of great trees.
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.
