Prioritizing Delight in the Trenches of Motherhood | Kelsi

As a mom of littles, it’s easy to drift away into function, putting aside the things we once liked to do just for the fun of it, only completing the necessary tasks for getting through the day. It’s easy to lose our sense of playfulness. I wonder, though, how we can serve our children well if we forget who we are? If we want to cultivate wholeness in them, we need to cultivate wholeness in ourselves. Prioritizing what brings us delight is a key to making this happen. Listen to the rest of Kelsi Folsom's essay as she encourages us to prioritize delight in the midst of motherhood.  DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE WORKSHEET TO GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE Go to our website to read Kelsi's entire Essay Find more articles and essays written by mothers just like you as they share stories and reflections about how they grow spiritually in Christ in the midst of motherhood. www.mommatheologians.com Join our community on Instagram @mommatheologians Follow our page on Facebook @mommatheologians ___________ Kelsi Folsom Kelsi Folsom is a poet and singer making her home in beautiful Kansas City with her husband and four young children. She navigates the ups and downs of marriage and motherhood with black coffee, her library card, and a no.2 pencil. Her essays and poems are published in Motherly, Coffee and Crumbs, Grit and Virtue, Verily Magazine, Mothers Always Write, Kindred Mom, and elsewhere. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Breaking the Jar (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Buried in the Margins (Finishing Line Press, 2020), and Words the Dirt Meant to Share (Desert Willow Press, 2018). Having lived in multiple countries and moved fourteen times since getting married, Kelsi loves encouraging women to find refreshment and comfort in the moment-by-moment friendship of Jesus Christ. She firmly believes in the power of true worship to foster healing through the embodiment of God’s unconditional love. When she isn’t cooking for family and friends, she enjoys thrifting, reading Bible commentaries, and occasionally putting her B.M. in Voice Performance to good use. Connect with her on IG @kelsifolsom and sign up for her quarterly newsletter The Shameless Beauty Digest. ___________ If this episode resonated with you in any way, would you share it with a friend? We would be delighted if you took a few minutes to leave a rating and review. These truly help to make the podcast more searchable and accessible so that other mothers like you can be encouraged to deepen their relationship with Christ in the midst of motherhood. We cherish and appreciate every single one.