[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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A Ladybug in the Cold
Small Stories and Big Fires
Come here sweet Ladybug. It is November and it is cold. I thought ladybugs did not survive in the cold.
Ladybug crawled from the window of the car onto my finger. I looked at her and felt her tiny legs tickle my skin as she moved from the window to my finger and up my arm. She then gently flew to the side of my cheek. Each little move felt like hope whispering, secret sharing, reality imagining.
In the cold, ladybugs speak courage and beauty. A black and red speckled testament to a nature’s strength, life’s miracle, and capacity’s flex. I am not sure where I thought lady bugs lived in the cold. Did they fly south like birds? My Ladybug friend reminded me to pay attention, persist in cold, and nod to gentle luck.
About Katie
From 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.
