[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: How to Birthday
“And I rose
― Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems
In rainy autumn
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days…”
My birthday is always a special day. It is a reminder to be grateful for it all. It is a reminder to mark the passing of time. It is a reminder to check in on my body, mind, and spirit. It is a reminder to celebrate life.
I know several things for sure on my birthday. I know the power of our dreams and desires. I know the gift of age and the relationship between knowledge and wisdom. I know how vital it is to pay attention.
To many more years walking in a glorious shower of my days.
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.
