Carie Juettner

A Father’s Gifts

I’m thankful that I have a father in my life, and I’m extremely thankful to have one as fun and unique and loving as my dad. My dad has given me so many things: love, support, laughter, poetry books, one-of-a-kind Halloween-birthday parties, and road trips, to name a few. He gave me my nose (slightlyContinue reading “A Father’s Gifts”

Book Review: Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

This is less a book review and more an author review. In January, I read The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma. It was amazing. As I said in my review on Goodreads, I never expected to like the book as much as I did. I don’t choose to read books about ballerinas and I’mContinue reading “Book Review: Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma”

Adventures In Subbing, Part 4: The End

Every year when I was teaching seventh grade, our school administrators gave us some sort of inspirational poster or story or memento to keep in our classroom for encouragement throughout the year. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it backfired. I remember distinctly the year the nugget of inspiration came in the form of a very short storyContinue reading “Adventures In Subbing, Part 4: The End”