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7 Powerful Ways Motherhood Stretches You (for the Better) | Abbie Halberstadt

FamilyLife Today®

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Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Motherhood isn't just a journey; it's a transformation. In this episode of the FamilyLife Today Podcast, hosts Dave and Ann Wilson talk with author Abbie Halberstadt about her book, "You Bet Your Stretch Marks." She shares her personal experiences as a mom of ten, reframing the physical, emotional, and spiritual "stretching" of motherhood not as a burden, but as a path to a deeper faith and a lasting legacy.

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I would actually much rather be a

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very imperfect mom for my kids that when I do screw up, I give them the example of confessing

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and repenting than to hide it all and pretend like I was always right. They get to situations in their

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life where they clearly are not right and they're too prideful to repent because I've set that example for them.

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Or they get to parenting and they start thinking, I'm broken.

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My mom was perfect.

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Instead of showing them that you're human and you're desperately in need of a savior

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because that's ultimately what will point them to the cross.

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We have Abby Haversstadt to the cross. We have Abby Haverstadt in the studio talking about a book title.

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