Reviews for MotherLove
Would you like to host Esther Davis-Thompson at an event for your organization?
Contact Esther by sending an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
Contact Esther by sending an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
Plan A WomanSpace Event!
Download a copy of the Workshop Sponsors Questionnaire to get started planning your event. For more info about WomanSpace Workshops send an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
Download a copy of the Workshop Sponsors Questionnaire to get started planning your event. For more info about WomanSpace Workshops send an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
NEW!
WomanSpace Workshop Materials can be licensed by organizations and individuals wishing to present the workshops to groups of women.
All WomanSpace Workshops can be adapted to presentations over 6 weekly sessions, over a week-end retreat, or during a single three hour session.
To request more info about licensing WomanSpace Workshops, send an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
WomanSpace Workshop Materials can be licensed by organizations and individuals wishing to present the workshops to groups of women.
All WomanSpace Workshops can be adapted to presentations over 6 weekly sessions, over a week-end retreat, or during a single three hour session.
To request more info about licensing WomanSpace Workshops, send an email to: estherdavisthompson@gmail.com
What will attending a WomanSpace Workshop do for you?
Assist you in evaluating the level of power you now how over your life.
Show you why it is your responsibility to own, and be accountable,
for your own life.
Help you to identify sad spaces in your womanspace
Get you thinking about ways you can improve the quality of your life.
Help you to identify the drains in your life that stifle your Joy!
Remind you how fabulous it is to be a Queen in the Spirit!
Make you ask (and begin to find answers to) some thought- provoking questions, like:
"Have I begun to be afraid to hope for more... of anything?"
"Is there really such a thing as peace in the midst of a storm?"
Assist you in evaluating the level of power you now how over your life.
Show you why it is your responsibility to own, and be accountable,
for your own life.
Help you to identify sad spaces in your womanspace
Get you thinking about ways you can improve the quality of your life.
Help you to identify the drains in your life that stifle your Joy!
Remind you how fabulous it is to be a Queen in the Spirit!
Make you ask (and begin to find answers to) some thought- provoking questions, like:
"Have I begun to be afraid to hope for more... of anything?"
"Is there really such a thing as peace in the midst of a storm?"
Copyright © 2004 - 2010 Esther Davis-Thompson
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
This New Edition of MotherLove,
Re-Inventing Your MotherSpace, features a special section called (same as the book's new title)
Re-Inventing Your MotherSpace.
Re-Inventing Your MotherSpace, features a special section called (same as the book's new title)
Re-Inventing Your MotherSpace.
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Esther Davis-Thompson offers beautifully lyrical reflections on motherhood in the African-American community."
---Publisher's Weekly
"This book is a treasure-trove."
--- Lucia Herndon, Columnist, the Philadelphia Inquirer
Impressive... MotherLove reminds us we are our best thing."
--- Nikki Giovanni, poet
"Powerful and nurturing."
--- Barnett Wright, Philadelphia Tribune
"Rich with affirmation, common sense, and wisdom about recovering one's spiritual 'motherspace' ...a gift to women trying to mother well."
--- The Other Side
"An empowering compilation that feeds the spirit and nourishes the soul."
--- Black Issues Book Review
"As a teacher and mother of ten children, Davis-Thompson knows of what she speaks. MotherLove is a personal passionate vision for renewing the emotional and spiritual lives of children, families, and communities."
--- Vital signs (National Black Women's Health Project)
“The author of this spirit-filled book has created a meditation on motherhood that comforts, challenges and cherishes us. We owe her husband and ten children a debt of gratitude for sharing her with us.”
--- Pearl Cleage, Author and Playwright
“An empowering collection of reflections, quotations and affirmations.”
--- EBONY Magazine
“Esther has done an excellent job inspiring and cajoling us to be better parents, teachers, mentors to our children”
--- Jawanza Kunjufu, Author