Pre-requisite viewing/listening to my upcoming post i will title, The shame game -sandra mickanen draft in progress
Prerequisites for reading, understanding, getting value out of my upcoming post,
titled: the shame game.
Oprah's Podcasts:
1. When your kids wont put their phones down
2. Gen Z tech addiction crisis
3. The real reason we can't stop scrolling
my intention will not be to further drown us in what is happening to society
-it is already very clear.
my intention will not be to further drown us in the scientifically understood reasons 'why'
-or the 'what' is happening in our brain.
my intention is not to sell advertising alongside; my intention is not to sell a book about..
or create an app product..
my only intention in writing my upcoming post, is to share:
how to initially avoid [most ideal] heal from [as necessary] and conquer [ultimately]; these online addictions
and help on how to raise your children in this secular world, and give them a fighting chance
against the avalanche; chronic bombardment of destructive and exploitive online content
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i know i will be pointing out the common denominator of 'shame';
the common denominator of the shame humans experience when they are doing something their conscience communicates is not okay; and/or society says is not okay.. culture, family/friends.. have messaged is not okay.
and that 'shame' humans are experiencing,
can be experienced by people battling eating disorders, people who steal, petty thieves, by people with physical drug/alcohol/food addictions, by people with online digital addictions; be they shopping, adult content, gaming..
the shame can be experienced from being poor.. feeling stupid.. long list.
it can also be experienced by the people who are making, contributing, selling products they consciously know are contributing to other peoples addictions..
it can be experienced by the people who are profiting from exploiting others.
it can be experienced by healthy, functional friends/family members who are ashamed their offspring is struggling with an addiction -a reflection they've done something wrong
-have you anything you feel the need to hide; keep secret [not the same as keeping things private; secure; safe]
if you are hiding something; shame will result.
if/when you experience shame; that is a good thing. it suggests your heart, mind, soul, spirit have not be 'hardened' -are not cauterized. -have not gone 'cold' have not been deceived, desensitized to the point of utter indifference; apathy. -or drifted to justification; rationalizations
in much more detail later, but..
things brought into the light...
the truth..
just as the Bible says and promises.. the truth; WILL set you free
notes for upcoming post:
Joyce Meyer [variable type of hardship/trauma here] <------- may, in fact, be the reason you are the way you are; the reason you do certain things you wish you didn't do
but don't let it become an excuse to stay that way.
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while writing this is a priority for me;
i won't be able to get to it for a couple weeks.
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Praise God, "thank you Jesus!" selah! hallelujah & amen
Berryessa Blue Zone Driveway Happy Hour August 2026 #vellumdays
"... this was the best berryessa blue zone driveway happy hour
we've ever had! -but not the best one we'll ever have!"
"THANK YOU!" friends & framily -the evening was great fun exactly because you were here to make it that way
so grateful for your delightful company, your delicious contributions to the food and dessert tables, and the cooler
we have the best neighborhood & neighbors anyone could ever ask for
love, gratitude, blessings to you each; to you all
until the next time...
"Cheers!" "hallellujah & amen!"
mrs mickanen adopts humanoids by (me!) mrs sandra mickanen
mrs mickanen adopts humanoids by (me!) mrs sandra mickanen
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#vellumdays 2026 in progress...
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some of the places family/grandson enjoyed during recent family visits:
million "thank you!" prayers... blessed visits & time together
World Labs. -highly intriguing to (me!) -sandra mickanen
pathway: watched emily chang interview fei fei li.. loved it.
most intrigued with using ai to empower not replace humans
and the direction; reaching beyond large language models, toward images/spatial intelligence
just purcashed, a pre-owned soft cover of the worlds i see..
will be the newest addition to my home library of memoirs; look foward to reading.. learning.
Marble by World Labs
selah & amen!
A+ TOY SHOPPING by grandma & grandpa mick -1st of many posts to come.. grandma sandra mickanen sharing
our recent family visit was the very definition of blessed, many pix forthcoming..
but, it was also REALLY, REALLY FUN! for us to shop in advance for our "grandson's visit!"
/yes, yes.. i do keep forgetting, don't i: for our son, daughter and "grandson!"
wink emoji write about here.
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much of my shopping was based on remembering what my own kids enjoyed.. my own kids who are now, 29, 26 years old, so.. it's been a while.
but, when i was researching, and i came across the attachable steering wheel.. the one you can place on a grocery cart, and/or stroller..
i just knew it would be a hit! -and, A+ grandma, -because it was!
we vote for more toys like this.. they put the little ones in the driver seat, so to speak, and they love it!
this steering wheel worked pretty good on the stroller, and pretty good on the wagon; we never did use it on an actual grocery cart;
i think some engineering could result in an even better version; it was a little too much in his face; too close, with the way it attaches to stroller, and we tried/finagled... settled for what worked. also, as he did love it, and we used it often, -the steering wheel began to pop off too easily and be repeatedly placed back on; this was easy, but nicer if you don't have to.
and, i'm giving myself another A+ for the purchase of the pirate ship wheel, which A+ grandpa added to our felt board; he engaged with that periodically also.
learned it with my own.. applying it again: kids love to drive; to steer..
"Thank You!" toy makers
hallelujah & amen
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GRANDPA gets an A+ for purchasing the hot wheels monster trucks @ walmart. Probably ranked as the #1 toy our grandson played with the most -and, they held up wonderfully!!
we did research and shopped quite specifically for portable activities too, toys appropriate for car drives, and restaurants.. the egg drop, the magnetic drawing board -big hits! the wooden feeding toy, an at home activity; so many pieces, but wonderful!
a wildly romantic proposal in God's gorgeous landscape.. my son, our son, "engaged!" -for real this time -writeousmom, sandra mickanen sharing
let us only very briefly revisit: the pix of jack & emma, emma with her hand held up, showing off a ring.. that showed up in my text feed several years back
how i sent numerous text announcements to family & friends.. "jack & emma are engaged!" i don't have any details yet.. just this pix
emma's family, her parents, with better vision and more insight.. they knew write away,
but not me.
jack sends a laugh.. it's a plastic ring, just a joke..
and then i had to rescind each text announcement..
they got me good.
FAST FORWARD to the real deal.. and we could not be happier.
and that, and how, my son, went to great lengths to select the ring; organized, planned, the proposal, AND! a surprise engagement party,
which included having his sister, taryn and her boyfriend jerran fly in; included having emma's parents fly in, my dad (jack's grandpa) and chris, me and robert.. hosted by jack's dad, john & laura..
very; very special!!
and, there i was, all proud of myself for keeping my composer.. revisiting with emma's parents, john and laura, my dad and chris, of course.. celebrating and reliving the romantic proposal with jack and emma directly
and when i went to visit with my daughter taryn and her boyfriend jerran..
yeah,
jerran goes, "i was gonna ask you.. so how does it feel?"
and with that very question, my composure abandon me to happy tears.. i could feel it happening..
so immediate! emotion.. i just kept repeating.. "that's the question.. not THAT question.. i was doing so good..."
but i can answer it now: it feels GLORIOUS!! I am filled with love, gratitude, happiness, hope,
-blessed case scenario for their lives as husband and wife...
GRATEFUL, HAPPY.. HAPPY, GRATEFUL... it literally overflows when i look through all their -very romantic engagement pictures.
/have been thinking already about that mother/son dance at the wedding..
loves me like a rock by paul simon.. think of jack every. single. time. i hear it..
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now, as mentioned above, -we are not pushing, rushing.. we do entirely trust God's timing,
that said and acknowledged..
i jump up and down on the inside with excitement & anticipation..
because we think taryn & jerran
jerran & taryn..
they might be next.
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what a season of love & weddings!! my sister emily & josh just married, my brother nate & paige just married, our daughter rose & tony marry early 2027...
i've said it a million times,
as crazy as the world seems sometimes,
people are still falling in love, getting married and making babies.
everything is gonna be okay.
Praise God..
more later... happy, happy, happy writeousmom..
LAKE TAHOE -newest addition to our indigenous word art collection -the micks #iwa
newest addition to our indigenous word art collection
#iwa
#laketahoe
Mrs Mickanen adopts humanoids rescue series -by (me!) mrs sandra mickanen
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