[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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My Rhythm
I finally found my rhythm when I realized even the steps backward were part of the dance.
Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers
Steps backward. What are steps backward? Are they bad decisions or wrong moves or second guesses or mix ups? What does it mean to be out of step? What makes steps bad or wrong? In a world of gratitude for it all, what does backwards even mean?
Right now I have lost my rhythm. My dance is a clunky spiral in search of balance. There are a million reasons why I am off. I understand where I am. I even know, in my head, how to find my rhythm again. But, the journey from my head to my feet can be a thousand miles.
Finding my rhythm means really listening to the music. Finding my rhythm means knowing how to lead and follow. Finding my rhythm means knowing how to spot during turns. Finding my rhythm means knowing flexibility and grace and ease in my muscles and bones.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
