[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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‘Twould ease — a Butterfly
‘Twould ease — a Butterfly —/ Elate — a Bee —/ Thou’rt neither —/ Neither — thy capacity –// But, Blossom, were I, I would rather be/ Thy moment/ Than a Bee’s Eternity —// Content of fading/ Is enough for me —/ Fade I unto Divinity —// And Dying — Lifetime —/ Ample as the Eye –/ Her least attention raise on me —
Emily Dickinson
What a gift it is to bloom. From a distance, I have seen famous people bloom. (I suspect they are famous because they allow themselves to know their true blooming glory and share that glory with the world.) From up close, I have seen friends and loved ones bloom. Blooming is the ephemeral glow of people doing what they are put on earth to do. Blooming is the source of honey – the product of life’s work. (I think that goes for bees and people, too.) Blooming is our story being told. Blooming is always right on time and happens in the perfect way. Blooming is a glimpse of the sacred. In that way, we fade into divinity.
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.
