Tamara recommends some excellent articles of Self-Esteem as a follow up to our November Chapter meeting:
An all-time favorite: http://jamesfaulconer.byu.edu/selfimag.htm
Some simpler ones by Wally Goddard:
http://www.drwally.org/raising-children/the-gospel-at-odds-with-self-esteem/
http://www.drwally.org/raising-children/something-better-than-self-esteem/
http://www.drwally.org/moving-from-selfhood/making-peace-with-ourselves-some-kinds-of-esteem-matter-more-than-others/
Here are some things that we talked about at our November meeting:
-Rachelle is starting a White Ribon Week at her school. Yeah! She got a standing ovation from all of us there.
-We had three new members come and receive orientation binders. Welcome!
Parenting Lesson Topic: Self-Esteem
Parenting lesson- Self-Esteem
- Do good and feel good about yourself
-Some discussion about the book “Myth of Self-Esteem” by Esther Rasband
- Karmel had to keep a notebook of all her negative thoughts for 2 days. She was surprised at how many negative thoughts about herself and others she had. She has found meditation helps her have more postive thoughts.
- Say 7 positive things to children and spouse each day.
Health and Fitness
Shauna jumps rope for 3 minutes 7 times a day. She also does “aeroboclean”- trying to really exercise and work hard while you clean.
Meeting Service: We finished up our ABC books for the orphanages and several members took them home to tie with their children and deliver to Humanitarian Services. Brenda volunteered to help with meeting service projects in the future. She and Rachelle will co-chair our meeting service effort.
We laughed, offered advice for struggling teens, made new friends, renewed our energy and celebrated the joy of motherhood! I love AMI!!! Mark your calendars for Jan. 8th!
Here’s a picture of the wonderful mothers who came in November:
Check out this link for information on how to start a White Ribbon Week at your school.
White Ribbon Week
We finished our patient dolls for Primary Children’s Hospital that we had been working on for a year! At each of our meetings, we try to do some kind of service that we can do while we talk. Thanks to the many people who came and helped us finish. These dolls go to children at the hospital who are having surgery. The doctors use them to show the children where thier surgery will be and what to expect. Here are the completed dolls and the mothers who helped finish them.
Mothers
Finished dolls
