[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.
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Mini Lessons
I have participated in more than 10 Kentucky Derby Festival mini Marathons. I have learned each one teaches lessons. There is the lesson of the value in consistent training. There is the lesson of tradition and family. (That lesson is closely related to the lesson in coming home.) There is the lesson that we have already won when we put on the shoes. (That lesson is closely related to the value in showing up.) There is the lesson of grace and forgiveness that comes with age. (That lesson is particularly valuable as the years pass.) There is the lesson of friendship that walks beside you. There is the lesson of humor along the way. (That lesson is closely related to laughter through tears.) There is the lesson of taking stock — an annual accounting of where I am and where I want to go. (That is closely related to the value of finding center.)
Each lesson is a gift. Every year after the race I am sore (sometimes more than others). Even soreness is a lesson. Every year I debate whether or not I will do it again. Every year I recollect previous races (reminding me of the role the race plays in my story and my life). Every year, from wherever I am living, I go home for the race. The race is part of my rhythm. It is important to know our rhythm. Maybe that is the biggest mini lesson.
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Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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Love this ! Amen!