Blog – Amy Strommer

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March 14, 2023

Why I Have Not Been Writing Funny Stories About Parenting Lately

Addiction stinks Holidays fill your life with thoughts of love and home. But this year, the holidays filled me with sadness. I planned the Thanksgiving meal. I cooked the Thanksgiving meal. I washed five...

Family / Holidays / Motherhood

May 6, 2021

Happy Mother’s Day!

As Mother’s Day approaches, I ponder the history, intent, and expectations of the day. I decided to do a little research. Celebrations of motherhood can be traced back to early Greeks and Romans who...

Annoying things / Humor

December 15, 2022

I Know My Place in Line and It Is In Front of You

When asked to stand in a line, I roll my eyes. I’m not one of the crowd and do not belong in the back of the line. I’m a man who belongs near the...

Parenting

September 28, 2022

If Parents and Kids Provided Ride Sharing Reviews of Each Other

“Would NOT recommend. My driver is SO embarrassing!” Benny, age 13: 1 star “My driver left my house five minutes late. That means I got to the mall five minutes late to meet my...

Current Events / Humor / Motherhood

August 15, 2022

Today, August 15, is National Relaxation Day and Now I Must Go Relax

Are my eyes deceiving me? What did I just read? Hold onto your yoga mats because today, August 15, is National Relaxation Day! My first thought was, Is there a day for everything? And my second...

Humor / Writing

July 3, 2022

If You Give a Writer a Pen…

If you give a writer a pen…

Humor / Parenting

April 14, 2022

I Am Your New Range and Do Not Let Your Kids Near Me

This is why we can’t have nice things. I join this kitchen community with equal measures of excitement and concern. I love the trendy gray quartz countertop and white subway tile backsplash. The sports...

Humor / Writing

March 19, 2022

How I Envision Editors Responding to My Stories Versus Reality

Call me Ralphie. Not because I am a secret owner in the Ralph’s grocery store chain. And not because I am transitioning. Changing my sheets is hard enough. My name change reflects my connection...

Current Events / Humor

February 14, 2022

A Valentine’s Poem About Trump’s Habit of Ripping Documents to Shreds

“He never stopped ripping things up”: Trump’s shredding of paper in the White House was far more widespread and indiscriminate than previously known and — despite multiple admonishments — extended throughout his presidency. — Washington Post, February 5, 2022 Trump...

Humor / Parenting

February 11, 2022

A Worksheet From Your Child’s Teacher While She is Out Sick During the Winter of Our Discontent

“I’m fine, really, don’t worry about me” TO: 4th grade parents in Miss Olsen’s class FROM: Principal Smith SUBJECT: Miss Olsen is out sick MESSAGE: I will be your child’s 4th-grade teacher as Miss...

Humor

February 1, 2022

Meatloaf Meets St. Peter and Finds Out That Two Out of Three IS Bad

St. Peter is waiting at the pearly gates and Meatloaf rides up in his motorcycle. St. Peter: So, who do we have here tonight? Meatloaf: It’s me. St. Peter: Me? Do you know how many other...

Aging / Humor

December 23, 2021

What is Self-Acceptance and How Do I Fix This Because it is Unacceptable?

Is there a problem with that logic? What is the definition of “self-acceptance?” Now, before you stop reading because you think this will be a boring, serious, preachy type of article, it is not. Well,...